Question

А

B
Scarlett walks along the edges of a
rectangular path from A to B to C to D, a
distance of 38 metres. Jake walks along the
same rectangle, but from B to C to D to A,
a distance of only 31 metres.
What is the area, in square metres, of rectangle ABCD?
D
С

Answer 1

168 meters squared

Explanation:

So we know that Jake walked from b to c and d meaning he didn't go from a to b, but we also know that scarlet walked a to b so to find the length we can subtract scarlet's walk by jake's walk or 38-31 which is 7.

So we know the length of one side is 7 so this means we have side a to b and c to d, but we still need to know b to c. So what we can do is get the length of a b c and d and isolate it so that we only have b to c. To do this we get the length of 7 and double it which is 14 and take it away from the 38m

38-14=24

so now we know that the side is 24 and we can solve for the area

24*7=168

so the answer is 168 meters squared