Question

Kristina made rectangular place mats for her dining room table, as shown below. The area of each place mat is 135 square Inches. The width of each place mat is 9 inches. How many inches long are all the sides of the place mat? Figure not drawn to scale. in 9 in in in​

Answer 1

45

tbh i don't really know. I've seen people say that it's 45, others have said 48. I don't see how either of them make sense. Maybe i'm doing the math wrong I don't know. I think it's 45

Answer 2

The length of all sides of place mat is 48 inches.

Explanation:

Given that:

Area of place mat = 135 square inches

Width of place mat = 9 inches

Length of place mat = x

Area = Length * Width

135 = 9x

`(9x)/(9)=(135)/(9)\\x = 15`

For length of all sides, we will find the perimeter.

Perimeter = 2(Length + Width)

Perimeter = 2(15+9)

Perimeter = 2(24) = 48 inches

Hence,

The length of all sides of place mat is 48 inches.