SOLUTION: Please help me solve. I've tried and tried and keep failing. 1. The perimeter of a square is 12 meters. What is the length of a side of the square? 2. You are putting up a fe

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Question 505670: Please help me solve. I've tried and tried and keep failing.
1. The perimeter of a square is 12 meters. What is the length of a side of the square?
2. You are putting up a fence around a rectangular garden with length 15 feet and width 8 feet. What is the length of the fence that you will need?

Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
Perimeter = 2*(Length + Width)
Length = 12
Width = 12
P = 2*(12+12)
P = 2*(24)
P = 48
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2.
P = 2(L+W)
L = 15
W = 8
P = 2(15+8)
P = 2(23)
P = 46
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Done.