SOLUTION: How many fence panels do you have to buy to fence your backyard? The yard is 40 feet by 25 feet. Each panel is 30 inches long. How do i figure out the answer to this question? I

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Question 1061657: How many fence panels do you have to buy to fence your backyard? The yard is 40 feet by 25 feet. Each panel is 30 inches long.
How do i figure out the answer to this question? I know i have to figure out the perimeter which is 130 feet but where do i go from there how do i figure out how many 30" panels it will take to fence the 130 ft perameter?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total length of fence material is the perimeter of the backyard.
%282%2A40%2B2%2A25%29feet
2%2840%2B25%29feet
130%2Afeet

What is the horizontal dimension of one 30-INCH panel?
2%261%2F2, FEET.

Measurement of perimeter or of fence length is ALONG THE GROUND, so how many of these %282%261%2F2%29FEET lengths will fit in this required fence length?

highlight%28130%2Afeet%2A%281%2F2%261%2F2%29%28panel%2Ffeet%29%29, this is how many panels.
Can you simplify and compute this?