document.write( "Question 832190: At her country house, Rosa has a square flower garden. She puts 200 feet of new fence all the way around the garden to keep her granddaughter, Mia, out of the garden. How many square feet of space does her garden have?
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document.write( "A) 160
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document.write( "B) 250
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document.write( "C) 2,500
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document.write( "D) 1,600\r
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document.write( "In my opinion it 1,600. Am I correct? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #501886 by JulietG(1812)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Poor Mia! \n" ); document.write( "Perimeter = 2 length + 2 width \n" ); document.write( "area = length * width \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "If it's 1600, then the sides could be: \n" ); document.write( "80*20 \n" ); document.write( "40*40 \n" ); document.write( "10*160 \n" ); document.write( "etc \n" ); document.write( "Look at that. You saw it right off. 80*20 (area) -->> 80+20+80+2 (perimeter) \n" ); document.write( " |