Question

Bethany added a decorative border across the top of each wall of her kitchen. A diagram of her kitchen is shown below.

She used a total of 62 feet of border. What is the length in feet of the unlabeled wall?
Choices:
a.) 5
b.) 10
c.) 8
d.) 13

Answer 1

The answer is your mom. Nah it’s B)10

Answer 2

For this case we have that the perimeter of the figure is given by the sum of its sides, they tell us that the perimeter is 62 feet.

So:

Let "x" be the variable that represents the length of the unlabeled wall, so the perimeter is:

`x + 8 + 5 + 13 + 18 + 8 = 62`

We find the value of "x":

`x = 62-8-5-13-18-8\\x = 10`

Thus, the length of the unlabeled wall is 10 feet.

Answer:

Option B