Ms. Wilson wishes to put a fence around a space in her yard to create a dog pen for Sonny and Hank. The space that she wants to fence in is shown below, where each unit on the graph represents one foot.
How many feet of fencing will Ms. Wilson need to build the dog pen?
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To calculate the total length of fencing needed for the dog pen, we need to find the perimeter of the shape.
From the graph provided, the dimensions of the space are as follows:
Length of the top side = 8 units
Length of the right side = 12 units
Length of the bottom side = 8 units
Length of the left side = 6 units
Now, we can calculate the total perimeter by summing up all the sides:
Perimeter = 8 + 12 + 8 + 6 = 34 units
Therefore, Ms. Wilson will need 34 feet of fencing to build the dog pen.