Each ride uses the lot space of 60 feet length and width of 30 feet

Question

what is the perimeter of the space around the ride?

what is the area of the space of the ride occupies?

Answer 1

There is an important conception to understand about a measurement of area, called a square unit. See, not a rectangle unit, not a circle unit, but a square unit. Essentially, to measure an area you need to cover the whole area by these square units and count them all. This is why the previous answer provided by Hannah has these two statement: "is found by MULTIPLYING" and "The units are always SQUARED with area". Now, if you try to use a rectangle unit instead of a a square unit you will find out that you cannot use MULTIPLICATION anymore because the length of sides of a rectangle are different.

Answer 2

Perimeter is the distance around a shape. We know it's a rectangle because the length and width are not the same (square). Perimeter for a rectangle just adds up all four sides (2 sides for length,2 sides for width)

So P = L + L + W + W

P = 60 + 60 + 30 + 30 = 180 ft

OR, P = 2L + 2W

P = 2(60) + 2(30) = 180 ft

Area measures the inside of a shape and is found by multiplying the length and the width

A = L x W

A = 60ft x 30ft = 1,800 ft²

The units are always squared with area