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?
A) 160
B) 250
C) 2,500
D) 1,600
In my opinion it 1,600. Am I correct?
Found 2 solutions by JulietG, MathTherapy:
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Poor Mia!
Perimeter = 2 length + 2 width
area = length * width
.
If it's 1600, then the sides could be:
80*20
40*40
10*160
etc
Look at that. You saw it right off. 80*20 (area) -->> 80+20+80+2 (perimeter)
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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?
A) 160
B) 250
C) 2,500
D) 1,600
In my opinion it 1,600. Am I correct?
No, you're not!!
Since it's a square garden, then all sides are congruent. Thus, each side =  , or 50 ft
Square footage, or area of garden =  , or  (CHOICE C)
You can do the check!!
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