Question

The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fences 40% if he wants to keep the deer from jumping in to eat the foliage and blossoms. If the current fence is 2.0 m high, how high will the new fence be?

Answer 1

Answer:2.8 m

Explanation:

Given

The current fence height id 2 m

The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fence by 40%

so new height is
`2+2* 40`%

`=2+2* 0.4`

`=2\left ( 1+.4\right )`

`=2\left ( 1.4\right )`

`=2.8 m`