Question

becky is building a square rabbit cage. the length and width are both 3 feet less than the square dog pen she built for her dog. the area of the rabbit cage is 25ft. how many feet of fencing is needed to enclose the 4 sides of the rabbit cage?

Answer 1

It's a square pen. The area is 25 ft. The square root of 25 is 5. That times 4 equals 20. So, you need 20ft of fencing.

Answer 2

The fencing needed is 20 feet.

Explanation:

The area of the rabbit cage is 25 sq ft.

Becky is building a square rabbit cage.

As the cage is square, so all its side will be same. Area of square is
`(side^(2))`

The side of the cage will be =
`√(25) =5` feet

So, the fencing (perimeter) needed is =
`4*5=20` feet