Question

It takes 24 feet of fence to surround a square piece of land in Linda’s backyard. Linda wants to plant flowers everywhere but on the diagonal sidewalk. there is 1 foot of sidewalk along two sides of the square. What is the area of the sidewalk? (A) 5 ft2 (B) 5.5 ft2 (C) 6 ft2 (D) 6.5 ft2 (E) 7 ft2

Answer 1

The area of the side walk would be 5.5ft^2. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Area of the sidewalk =
`6 feet^(2)`

Explanation:

Perimeter of the square land = 4a = 24 feet

Side of the square land = a = 24/4 = 6 feet

Now, length of the sidewalk is 6 feet and its width is given as 1 foot.

So, area of sidewalk = length × width

= 6 × 1 =
`6 feet^(2)`

Hence, area of the sidewalk =
`6 feet^(2)`