Question

The perimeter of a rectangular parking lot is 364 m. If the length of the parking lot is 98 m, what is its width?​

Answer 1

First we have to remember what the perimeter of a rectangle is. The perimeter is the outside edges of the rectangle, think of it as the fence around a yard. This means that the perimeter of a rectangle or a square has four sides: two widths and two lengths.

This problem tells us that the length of this rectangular parking lot is 98m. Since this parking lot is a rectangle, each of the parallel lengths are the same size. Therefore, each length is 98m and that takes care of 196m of the perimeter
`(98\text{m} * 2)`.

To find the width, we know that the lengths take up 196m of the total 364m of the perimeter which leaves 168m for the widths. Again, since this parking lot is a rectangle, each parallel width is the same size so we can find one width by dividing the left over perimeter by 2:
`168\text{m} / 2 = \bold{84m}`.

I hope that helps!