Question

A gardener wants to run a border around the outside of her garden. She plots it on a grid to plan how much she will need. The garden is in the shape of a rectangle with vertices at (2, 5) (8, 5) (8, 3) and (2, 3). Find the total length of border needed.

100ft
16ft
24ft
12ft
If you plot the points, it should be clear that the sides are vertical/horizontal, with lengths
6,2,6,2
so add 'em up

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