Question

The top of Mrs. Vonvilla’s coffee table has the dimensions shown. She wants to put a bumper around the edges of the table to protect her child in case he falls. What is the perimeter of the tabletop?

A coffee table has a length of 48 inches and a width of 28 inches.

Use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle, P = 2 l + 2 w, where P is the perimeter, l is the length, and w is the width.
76 in.
152 in.
304 in.
1,344 in.

Answer 1

152 inch

Explanation:

The dimensions of tha coffee table are .

The perimeter of a rectangle is defined as , where is the length and is the width.

So, by given we have

If we use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle and substitute each variable, then we would have

The perimeter of the coffee table is 152 inches.