Question

Gloria is digging for fossils at a geological site. She has 120 meters of rope and 4 stakes to mark off a rectangular area. Which set of dimensions will create a rectangle using all the rope Gloria has with her?

12 m × 10 m
50 m × 10 m
60 m × 60 m
45 m × 10 m

Answer 1

@StudyGurl14

Answer 2

Any ideas?

Answer 3

Test each one

Answer 4

recall the perimeter of a rectangle formula

Answer 5

For example:
The first one - 12m x 10 m
Perimeter: 2(12) + 2(10) = 44
Too little rope

Answer 6

$$\Huge P = 2l+2w$$

Answer 7

So..A cannot be an option. See what I did @beepboop ?

Answer 8

yes o:

Answer 9

:)

Answer 10

So, D

Answer 11

not quite.
2(45) + 2(10) = 110

Answer 12

right xD sorry I'm half-arsing

Answer 13

Look at b.
50 x 2 = 100
10 x 2 = 20
100+20=120

Answer 14

half-arsing...lol

Answer 15

B. right

Answer 16

shhh I got it before I read that ;-;

Answer 17

I don't wanna get banned for foul language haha I'm having a hard time restraining my fingers

Answer 18

lol, yea

Answer 19

and you can't draw a quadrilateral with no parallel lines and at least one right angle, right? haha

Answer 20

pretty sure you need parallel lines .-.

Answer 21

@StudyGurl14

Answer 22

not necessarily....

Answer 23

a qudralateral is ANY figure that has four sides

Answer 24

I can't really think of any that don't have parallel lines xD but thank you!

Answer 25

thsese are all quads...

Answer 26

well that makes sense xD I guess my imagination doesn't work well

Answer 27

:)

Answer 28

A parallelogram, on the other hand, is a quadrilateral that MUST have two pairs of parallel sides

Answer 29

examples