Question

The Staff At A Community Center Make A Rectangular Ice Skating Rink Every Year. They Use 120 Meters Of Boarding Too Enclose It. So The Area Of The Rink Depends Upon The Width They Choose.



If The Width Is 25 Meters, What Will The Area Be?

Answer 1

Try and look at the dimensions of what the box would be .. If 2 sides are 25m each, how much boarding does that use, and how much boarding will be left for the 2 remaining sides?

Answer 2

Thats 50 Meters

Answer 3

ok, so you've used 50m of board, out of 120m, how much do you have left?

Answer 4

70 Meters

Answer 5

right, and you have 2 sides left right? and for a rectangle .. you know these sides will be equal.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

so, 70/2 = ?

Answer 8

35

Answer 9

so now that you have the length of both sides, you can find the area! A = Length x Width

Answer 10

I Got 875

Answer 11

Am I Correct ?

Answer 12

yes (:

Answer 13

Wrong answer