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A farmer wants to build a rectangular garden 10ft long and 6ft wide. How many feet of fencing should he buy?

A farmer wants to build a rectangular garden 10ft long and 6ft wide. How many feet-example-1
User Thaer A
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He should buy 32 feet of fencing. I got 32 by just finding the perimeter or in other words adding 10+10+6+6 which equal 32. You would NOT do area or 10×6 because that would include that land within the fenced area and who wants 60 feet of fencing that you can't put anything in?

Good luck, hope that helped.
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