Question

Brett warmed up for his basketball game by running around the court 3 times . If the court is 84 feet by 50 feet, how many feet did he jog?

Answer 1

804 feet

Explanation:

Given: Dimension of a basketball court is 84 feet by 50 feet.

Considering the shape of basketball court is in rectangle shape.

∴ Finding the perimeter of rectangle to know total number of feet in one round.

Perimeter of rectangle=
`2(l+w)`

where, l= length

w= width

∴ Perimeter of rectangular court=
`2(84\ feet + 50\ feet)`

⇒ Perimeter of rectangular court=
`2(134\ feet)`

Opening parenthesis

⇒ Perimeter of rectangular court=
`2* 134\ feet= 268\ feet`

Hence, Brett run 268 feet in one round of warm up.

As given, Brett ran around the court 3 times.

∴ Total number of feet=
`268\ feet* 3= 804\ feet`

Hence, Brett jog for 804 feet.