Question

You are building a rectangular flowerbed for your back yard. The flowerbed will surround the flowers and sit on the ground. The

ground where you want to plant the flowers is 4 ft. by 7 ft. How many feet of boards will you need to build the flowerbed? Your
answer should be a number only.

Answer 1

Given parameters:

Dimension of the flowerbed = 4ft by 7ft

Unknown:

Number of feet to build the flowerbed = ?

Since the flowerbed will be surrounding the flows, we should simply find the perimeter of the bed.

This is a rectangular area;

Perimeter = 2(L + B)

Input the parameters and solve;

Perimeter = 2 (4 + 7)

Perimeter = 2 x 11 = 22cm

The perimeter of the board is 22cm