Question

Meg plans to build a fence around her yard. She draws this diagram of the yard.How many meters of fencing material does Meg need?

Answer 1

The required figure is,

The length of fencing material required = Perimeter of the figure.

Perimeter is calculated as,

`\begin{gathered} Perimeter\text{ = sum of the length of all the sides} \\ Perimeter\text{ = 11.8 m + 18.5 m + 12.1 m +5.4 m + 6.4 m + 6.4 m } \\ Perimeter\text{ = 60.6 m} \\ \end{gathered}`

Thus 60.6 m of fencing material is needed.