The rectangular adult pool at the recreation center is half as wide as it is long. it is 24 feet wide. what is its perimetar?
2006-11-14 08:52:29 · 17 answers · asked by baby13 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If the pool is 24 feet wide, then that means that two sides (the small sides) of this rectangle are 24.
If the rectangle is half as wide as it is long, it means that the length (longer side) is twice as long as the width (small side) so 2 times 24 is 48.
Now we know that the two other sides (the long sides) of this rectangle are 48.
Finding the perimeter means adding up all the sides of the rectangle. So;
24 + 24 + 48 + 48 = 144
The perimeter of the rectangular pool is 144 feet
2006-11-14 09:07:30 · answer #1 · answered by purpleduck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pool is 24 feet wide. It's half as wide as it is long, so it's twice as long as it is wide. The length is 2 * 24, or 48. The perimeter is the distance around the edge. There are two edges that are 24 feet long and two edges that are 48 feet long. So the perimeter is 2*24 + 2*48 = 48 + 96 = 144 feet.
2006-11-14 08:57:17 · answer #2 · answered by Amy F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is 24 feet wide. That is half of the length, so 24 doubled is 48. The pool is 24 feet wide and 48 feet long. Since it has four sides, you add up the four sides' amounts in feet: 24+24+48+48=144 feet. The perimeter is 144 feet....big pool!
2006-11-14 08:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Esma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, it's half as wide as it is long and it's 24 feet wide.
That means the length of the rectangle is 48 feet.
The perimeter is the sum of the four sides: 48+24+48+24 = 144 feet
2006-11-14 08:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
24 wide and 48 long. To calculate perimeter you need to add up all the sides, so, 24 + 24 + 48 + 48 = 144
2006-11-14 08:58:04 · answer #5 · answered by ~CountryGirl~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In other words, it's twice as long as it is wide. So it's 48 feet long. There are two 48-foot sides and two 24-foot sides, so the perimeter is 144 feet.
2006-11-14 08:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by zak_track 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if you mean that the width is half as long as the length then the length would be 24+24=48.
so the perimeter is all the sides added together so it would be 24+24+48+48
so the answer is 144
does that help?
2006-11-14 09:04:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
x = length
y = width = 24 feet
x = (2) * (24)
x = 48
p = perimeter = 2x + 2y
p = (2)(48) + (2)(24)
p = 144 feet
2006-11-14 08:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let x = the width
The perimeter is all the outside, so that's two widths and two lengths. But the length is twice the width. So we have
x + 2x + x + 2x = 6x
6 times 24 = 144 ft perimeter
2006-11-14 08:56:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
24' w x 2 = 48 L
EACH SIDE IS 48' OR 96 FEET TOTAL
EACH END IS 24' OR 48 FEET TOTAL
48+96=144'
Right?
2006-11-14 08:56:38 · answer #10 · answered by BlkJac 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋