Mark has a square shaped tulip bed in his garden. The area of the tulip bed is 400 square feet. Mark wants to put a low border fence around the tulip bed. Explain how to find the number of feet of fencing that he will need.
the tulip bed is square, and has an area of 400 ft^2
so isn't each side 20 feet long?
please continue
thanks i understand!
To find the number of feet of fencing Mark will need, we need to determine the perimeter of the square tulip bed. Since the tulip bed is square-shaped, all sides are equal, and we can use the formula:
Perimeter = 4 x side length
First, we need to find the side length of the square tulip bed. To do this, we take the square root of the area.
√400 = 20
The side length of the square tulip bed is 20 feet. Now we can calculate the perimeter:
Perimeter = 4 x 20 = 80 feet
Therefore, Mark will need 80 feet of fencing to put a low border fence around the square tulip bed.