Question

Keeven uses 78 feet of fence to make a rectangle pan for his pet rabbit. The length of the pin is 20 feet.What is the width of the rectangle pen

Answer 1

19 ft

Explanation:

The perimeter of a rectangle is given by ...

P = 2(L +W)

Filling in the given values, we have ...

78 = 2(20 +W)

39 = 20 +W . . . . . divide by 2

19 = W . . . . . . . . subtract 20

The width of the rectangular pen is 19 feet.