Question 995677: A rose garden is designed by joining a rectangle and a semicircle.The rectangle is 20ft long and 12ft wide. If Tammy wants to build a fence around the garden, how many feet of fence are required? Use 3.14 for π,and do not round.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Too imprecise. Which dimension serves as the diameter, d, of the semicircle?
Let the dimensions be b and k for the rectangular part, and diameter d=k. The perimeter for the fencing material will be 
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Answer by MathTherapy(10556)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rose garden is designed by joining a rectangle and a semicircle.The rectangle is 20ft long and 12ft wide. If Tammy wants to build a fence around the garden, how many feet of fence are required? Use 3.14 for π,and do not round.
If diameter of semicircle is 120 ft, then fencing would be:  , or 348.4 ft
If diameter of semicircle is 20 ft, then fencing would be:  , or 291.4 ft
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