Crystal wants to put a fence around her vegetable garden. Her garden is 5 ft wide and 4 ft long. She plans to put a post at each corner and at every foot. How many fence posts will Crystal need?

a.

14 posts

b.

18 posts

c.

19 posts

d.

20 posts

Question

Crystal wants to put a fence around her vegetable garden. Her garden is 5 ft wide and 4 ft long. She plans to put a post at each corner and at every foot. How many fence posts will Crystal need?





a. 


14 posts 


b. 


18 posts 


c. 


19 posts 


d. 


20 posts

anonymous · Answer

Try drawing it out
Make a rectangle and for each foot make a dot like this:
.  .  .  .  .
.           .
.           .
.  .  .  .  .
Now count each dot, remember that each dot represents a fence post, and however many dots are however many fence posts needed

gorv · Answer

length of boundry= perimeter of garden=2*(5+4)=18 post

anonymous · Answer

hey thankz man