The length of a rectangle is 8 feet 6 inchs and the width is 4 feet 7 inchs perimeter?

Question

The length of a rectangle is 8 feet 6 inches and the width is 4 feet 7 inches perimeter?

Answer 1

Hi Vera,

Recall that the perimeter of a rectangle is found by adding the length of all four sides.

P=L+L+W+W

P=2*(L+W)

 

Since we know the length is 8 feet 6 inches, and the width is 4 feet 7 inches, we can plug these values into the equation.

P=2*(8ft 6in+4ft 7in)

P=2*(13ft 1in)

P=26ft 2 in

Answer 2

Perimeter is the total distance around the outside of a shape. So, to find the perimeter of a rectangle, you add up the lengths of all four sides. A rectangle is special because each of its four sides has the same length as the side across from it. This means that if you know that one side of a rectangle has length 6 and another has length 4, then you know the rectangle has two sides of length 6 and two of length 4. The perimeter of this rectangle is 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 = 20.

 

For your rectangle, things are a little trickier because you're dealing with both inches and feet. The easiest way to do the problem is to convert everything into inches. For example, 3 feet 2 inches becomes (3 x 12) + 2 = 38 inches, because there are 12 inches in a foot. Then you will have the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of inches.