a playground has sides 17 m, 19 m and 18m. is 60 m of fencing enough to fence the 3 sides?
To determine if 60 m of fencing is enough to fence the three sides of the playground, we need to calculate the total length of the three sides first.
The length of the sides are given as follows:
Side 1: 17 m
Side 2: 19 m
Side 3: 18 m
To find the total length, we can simply add up the lengths of the sides:
Total length of the three sides = 17 m + 19 m + 18 m = 54 m
Since the total length of the sides is 54 m, and we have 60 m of fencing available, we can conclude that 60 m of fencing is enough to fence the three sides of the playground.
I wonder what would happen if I add up the 3 sides ?
To determine if 60 meters of fencing is enough to fence the three sides of the playground, we need to calculate the perimeter of the playground and compare it to the length of available fencing.
The perimeter of the playground can be found by adding the lengths of all three sides:
Perimeter = 17 m + 19 m + 18 m
Perimeter = 54 m
Since the perimeter of the playground is 54 meters, we can see that 60 meters of fencing is indeed enough to fence the three sides of the playground because 60 meters is greater than the perimeter.
Therefore, 60 meters of fencing is enough to fence the 3 sides of the playground.