Question

John has a rectangular-shaped field whose length is 62.5 yards and width is 45.3 yards. The area of the field is ________ square yards. The perimeter of the field is _______ yards.

Answer 1

Area = 2831.25 square yards

Perimeter =215.6 yards

Step-by-step explanation

The area and perimeter of a rectangular field are found using the formula for finding the area and perimeter of a rectangle respectively.

That means, area of the rectangular field is given by the formula,


`A= l* w`

We just have to substitute

`l=62.5` and
`w= 45.3` into the given formula and evaluate.

This implies that;


`A= 62.5* 45.3`

This gives the area of the rectangular-shaped field to be;


`A= 2831.25` square yards.

Now for the perimeter, we use the formula


`P=2w +2l`

Or


`P=2(w +l)`

Substituting the values for the length and width gives,


`P=2(62.5+45.3)`


`\Rightarrow P=2(107.8)`


`\Rightarrow P=215.6`

Hence the perimeter of the rectangular shaped field is 215.6 yards.