Judith is digging for sandstone at a geological site. She has 160 meters of rope and 4 stakes to mark off a rectangular area. Which set of dimensions will create a rectangle using all the rope Judith has with her?

16 m × 10 m

80 m × 80 m

65 m × 10 m

70 m × 10 m

Question

Judith is digging for sandstone at a geological site. She has 160 meters of rope and 4 stakes to mark off a rectangular area. Which set of dimensions will create a rectangle using all the rope Judith has with her?

 16 m × 10 m

 80 m × 80 m

 65 m × 10 m

 70 m × 10 m

pooja195 · Answer

You know the perimeter of a rectangle is 
2l + 2w
Which measurements will multiply up to a total of 160 meters, which is the length of the rope.

pooja195 · Answer

Plug in the given lengths  into the perimeter formula i gave you above :)

pooja195 · Answer

And see what equals 160.

anonymous · Answer

Wow Yep xD