Question

A family decides to grow flowers in their garden. They have 56 feet of fence they want to cut into two pieces to make two square gardens. How long should each piece be if they want the total area of the squares to be 100 square feet?

Answer 1

The area of one of the squares will be: 100/2 = 50 sq ft
Length of one side of square = √50
Length of one side = 5√2

Length of fence = 4 x 5√2
Length of fence = 28 ft

The length of each piece should be 28 feet