the melt in your mouth chocolate factory is a rectangular building. the distance across the front of the store is 28 yards. the distance from the front to the back of the building is 12 yards. if the owners want to put up a fence around the outside of the factory. how many yards long will the fence need to be
P = 2L + 2W
P = (2 * 28) + (2 * 12)
P = ____________ yards
To find the length of the fence needed to enclose the factory, you need to calculate the perimeter of the rectangular building.
The perimeter of a rectangle is calculated by adding the lengths of all its sides.
In this case, the front and back sides of the factory are equal in length and each measures 12 yards. The two sides of the factory, which are parallel to each other, have a length of 28 yards.
To find the perimeter, add up all the sides: 12 + 12 + 28 + 28 = 80 yards.
Therefore, the fence will need to be 80 yards long.