Question

Ms. Pendleton’s bedroom is a shape of a rectangle. The width of the room is 16 feet and length is four more feet than the width. Find the perimeter of Ms. Pendleton’s room.

Answer 1

The answer to your question is Perimeter = 64 ft

Explanation:

Data

width = 16 ft

length = width + 4 ft

Perimeter = ?

Process

1.- Calculate the length

Length = 14 + 4 = 18 ft

2.- Look for the formula of the perimeter

Perimeter = 2(length) + 2(width)

3.- Substitution

Perimeter = 2(18) + 2(14)

4.- Simplification

Perimeter = 36 + 28

5.- Result

Perimeter = 64 ft