A fence around a square garden is made up of 4 equal sized pieces that are each 5 1/2 feet long. Matt decided to make all the sides 2 1/2 times longer. How much fencing does he need in all?

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A fence around a square garden is made up of 4 equal sized pieces that are each 5 1/2 feet long. Matt decided to make all the sides 2 1/2 times longer. How much fencing does he need in all?

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Sergey Skoblikov asked

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2 1/2 x 5 1/2= 10 1/2 x 4 = 40 1/2 im pretty sure i might be wrong tho

Yaser Kalali answered Mar 12, 2015

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5 1/2 + 2 1/2 = 8 so 8 feet per side times 4 for the four sides
answer is: 32 feet

Sephen answered Mar 16, 2015

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