mr lopez is putting a fence around his vegetable garden the garden is shaped like a rectangle. The longer sides are 14 feet long, and the shorter are 9 1/2 feet long. how much fencing should he buy?
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To find the amount of fencing that Mr. Lopez should buy, we need to calculate the perimeter of the rectangular garden.
The perimeter of a rectangle is found by adding the lengths of all four sides. Since we know the lengths of the longer and shorter sides, we can simply add them together.
The longer sides are 14 feet long each, so when we add them together, we get:
14 ft + 14 ft = 28 ft
The shorter sides are 9 1/2 feet long each. To add them together, we should convert the mixed fraction 9 1/2 to an improper fraction. This is done by multiplying the whole number (9) by the denominator (2) and adding the numerator (1) to get the new numerator, then putting it over the denominator:
9 1/2 = (9 * 2 + 1) / 2 = 19/2
Now, we can add the lengths of the shorter sides:
19/2 ft + 19/2 ft = 38/2 ft = 19 ft
Finally, we add the lengths of the longer and shorter sides:
28 ft + 19 ft = 47 ft
Therefore, Mr. Lopez should buy 47 feet of fencing for his vegetable garden.