Kathy has 48 meters of fencing to build a pen for her llama. She wants the pen to be in the shape of a rectangle. If two sides are going to be 15 meters long, how wide will the pen be?

Question

Select the correct answer.

Question 7 options:

9 meters

8 meters

6 meters

Answer 1

To find the width of the pen, you need to subtract the sum of the lengths of the two sides (15 meters each) from the total length of fencing (48 meters).

48 meters - 15 meters - 15 meters = 18 meters

Therefore, the width of the pen will be 18 meters.