First person to answer this geometry question right, i will give 5 stars to?

Question

Jose wants to put a fence around his rectangular garden. His garden measures 33 feet by 39 feet. The garden has a path around it that is 3 feet wide. How much fencing material does Jose need to enclose the garden and path?


I really need the answer to this, and it has to be the right one too! Thanks :)

Answer 1

156

Answer 2

I'll try:
We know the perimeter of the garden is 33+33+39+39
But these increase to 36 +36 +42+42 when the path is added.
If one fence encloses it all the the answer is to add the second set of numbers 156 feet.
If the path will be enclosed on both sides then add the first and second perimeters , 300 feet.

Answer 3

well you have a garden that is 33 by 39. But as their is a 3ft wide path that goes round all saids you add six to each side to get an area of 45 by 39. Just add 39 + 39+45+45 which is 168!

Answer 4

33+33+39+39= 144
144+3+3 (back and front)= 150.

Jose needs 150 feet of fencing material.

Answer 5

I want to "unstar". Geometry is easier than the rest of mathematics... because it can (generally) do everything the rest of mathematics can do. In fact, our modern field of mathematics began with the work in geometry, by Greek mathematicians around 2000 years ago. People find it hard at first because there is a lot of memorization. There are all kinds of words to remember and each word means something specific (and, very often, the word does not mean the same thing as it does the rest of the time). For example, what is a "tangent" and why do we say it is equal to opposite over adjacent? Well, it is not. The way the Greeks did it, they drew a circle (radius = 1) on a grid (a bit like our modern x-y plotting sheets) and they counted angles starting from the x-axis. From the centre, you draw a radius in the direction of the angle. At the end of this radius (on the circumference) you draw a line tangent to the circle (it will be perpendicular to the radius). They continued this line until it touched the x-axis. They measured the distance from the origin (the centre of the circle) to where the tangent line touched the x-axis, and this measure was called the "tangent" of the angle. Today, we use a right-angle triangle and we get the same result by dividing the opposite side by the adjacent side. It might be "easier" to calculate... but it no longer tells us why the word "tangent" is used for that value. THAT is why geometry appears harder. In reality, it is easier.

Answer 6

4(33 + 39) + 8*3 should be enough

Answer 7

2*(33+ 2*3)+2*(39+2*3) = 168

Answer 8

L = 39
B = 45
P = 2(L + B)
P = 2(84)
P = 168 ft

Answer 9

144

Answer 10

168 LINEAR FEET!