Question

: Mark wants to fence 4 rectangular gardens, each with a length of feet 9/1/4 and a width of feet 4/1/2 . What is the total length of fencing Mark needs to surround all 4 gardens

Answer 1

41 and 5/8ths feet is for one rectangular garden, and 166 and 1/2 feet is for all four gardens combined

Answer 2

Mark needs 110 ft. fencing to surround all 4 gardens.

Explanation:

Mark wants to fence 4 rectangular gardens. So we calculate the perimeter of the each garden by this formula

P = 2(L) + 2(W)

Total Length of the garden =
`9(1)/(4) + 9(1)/(4)`

=
`(37)/(4)+ (37)/(4)`

Length = 18.5 feet

Total width of the garden =
`4(1)/(2) + 4(1)/(2)`

=
`(9)/(2)+ (9)/(2)`

Width = 9.0 feet

Perimeter of the garden = 18.5 + 9 = 27.5 feet

Mark wants to fence 4 garden

Therefore, 27.5 × 4 = 110 feet.

Mark needs 110 ft. fencing to surround all 4 gardens.