Question

A farmer needs to enclose a section of land in the shape of a parallelogram by using one side of a barn for one side. The barn and the side opposite of the barn will both be 11 feet long. One of the other sides will be 8 feet long. What is the length of the last side?

Answer 1

the answer is 8 feet long

Answer 2

8 feet.

Explanation:

I drew the parallelogram in the picture you can see below. With the data of the exercise we realize that the parallelogram is a rectangle. So, with 2 sides of 11 feet long and the other side of 8 feet long, the last side have to measure 8 feet long.