The melt in your mouth chocolate factory is a rectangular building. The dostance across the front of the store is 294 feet. The distance from the front to the back is one third of this distance. If the owners paint a sign all the way around the outside of the factory, how many feet long will the sign be?
what is 294+294 + 1/3 *294+1/3*294 ?
To find the total length of the sign, we need to calculate the perimeter of the rectangular building.
Given:
- The distance across the front of the store is 294 feet.
- The distance from the front to the back is one third (1/3) of the distance across the front.
We can start by finding the distance from the front to the back of the store:
Distance from front to back = 1/3 * distance across the front
= 1/3 * 294
= 98 feet
Now, let's calculate the perimeter of the rectangular building, which is the total length of the sign:
Perimeter = 2 * (distance across the front + distance from front to back)
= 2 * (294 + 98)
= 2 * 392
= 784 feet
Therefore, the sign will be 784 feet long.