SOLUTION: Joe wants to put a fence around his rectangular garden. His garden measures 33 ft by 39 ft. The garden has a path around it that is 3 ft wide. How much fencing material does Joe ne

SOLUTION: Joe wants to put a fence around his rectangular garden. His garden measures 33 ft by 39 ft. The garden has a path around it that is 3 ft wide. How much fencing material does Joe ne

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Question 753187: Joe wants to put a fence around his rectangular garden. His garden measures 33 ft by 39 ft. The garden has a path around it that is 3 ft wide. How much fencing material does Joe need to enclose the garden and path?

Answer by malglu(63) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
these sort of questions are best drawn
when you do so you will see that the fence now needs to be 39ft +6 ft (x2) + 33ft +6ft (x2) so 168ft of fencing
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