Question

Henry's patio is in the shape of a rectangle. He said the perimeter of the patio is 48 feet . He knows that one side is 9 feet wide . How many feet long are all the sides of his patio ?

Answer 1

2 sides of the patio are 9ft and another 2 sides are 15ft

Explanation:

To solve this problem we have to know thata rectangle has 4 sides and 2 of them are equal to each other

This is the formula to calculate perimeter

p = perimeter 48 ft

a = side a = 9 ft

b = side b

p = 2a + 2b

we replace the known values

48ft = 2*9ft + 2b

48ft = 18ft + 2b

48ft - 18ft = 2b

30 / 2 = b

15 = b

2 sides of the patio are 9ft and another 2 sides are 15ft