Question

the manager of a shopping mall was asked to rope off a section of the parking lot for an automobile show. the area roped off was 200 ft by 300 ft. posts were to be placed every 25 ft around the lot. how many posts were needed

Answer 1

Answer: 40 posts are needed

Explanation:

find the perimeter of this rectangular parking lot.
p =2l + 2w

P= 2*200 +2*300

P= 400 + 600

P= 1000

How many 25 feet intervals are in 1000 feet?

1000/25 = 40

Therefore there are 40 separators