Question

You own a farm and have several fields in which your livestock grazes. You need to order barbed-wire fencing for a small pasture that has a length of 5 yards and a width of 3 yards. The barbed wire must be long enough to be placed on all four sides of the outside pasture. How many yards of barbed-wire should you order?

Answer 1

16 yards of barbed wire

Explanation:

Length=5 yards

Width=3 yards

Perimeter of the pasture=2(length + width)

=2(5 yards +3 yards)

=2(8 yards)

=16 yards

You should order 16 yards of barbed wire for fencing the pasture