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

Answer 1

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