Elise built a large rectangular vegetable garden that is 9 meters long and has an area of 72 square meters.
What is the perimeter of Elise's vegetable garden?
meters

Respuesta :

Answer:

34 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Length of a rectangular vegetable garden = 9 metres

Area of rectangular vegetable garden = 72 square meters

To find: perimeter of Elise's vegetable garden

Solution:

Area of rectangular vegetable garden = [tex]72\,\,m^2[/tex]

Length × breadth = 72

9 × breadth = 72

breadth [tex]=\frac{72}{9}=8\,\,m[/tex]

Perimeter of rectangular vegetable garden = 2(Length + breadth)

=2(9+8)

=2(17)

=34 m