Chris has a square garden with an area of 38.4m^2. He decreases the length of each side by 1.7m to make a smaller garden. What is the closet to the perimeter of the smaller garden?

Answer 1

side of original square = appr 6.197

perimeter is 4 times that

new side = 4.497
new perimeter is 4 times that

I don't know what a closet is doing in your garden, but ....