Question

Madison used a coordinate plane to map out an L-shaped

herb garden, shown at the right. Each unit on the grid

represents yard. To buy a fence for the garden, she nee

to know its perimeter. What is the perimeter of the garde

od coction of the

Answer 1

The perimeter of the garden is 14 yard.

Explanation:

Consider the figure:

Each unit on the grid represents
`(1)/(2)` yard.

From the figure we can find that:

The length of FA is 3.5 yard

The length of EF is 3.5 yard

The length of DX is 2 yard

The length of CD is 2 yard

The length of CB is 1.5 yard

The length of AB is 1.5 yard

To find the perimeter of the garden we need to add all the length as shown:

Perimeter = FA + EF + DX + CD + CB + AB

Perimeter = 3.5 + 3.5 + 2 + 2 + 1.5 +1.5

Perimeter = 14 yards

Hence, the perimeter of the garden is 14 yard.