Every summer, Timmy and his buddies run a fencing and mowing business. for a reasonable price, they will mow the lawn in your backyard and put up a quality fence to enclose your backyard too. one Saturday morning they received requested for mowing and fencing two different rectangular backyards. one yard measured 15 feet by 90 feet the other measured 40 feet by 40 feet.

a - which yard would take longer to fence and why?

b - which yard would take longer to mow and why?

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Bernard Anthony

Mathematics

1 May, 21:21

Every summer, Timmy and his buddies run a fencing and mowing business. for a reasonable price, they will mow the lawn in your backyard and put up a quality fence to enclose your backyard too. one Saturday morning they received requested for mowing and fencing two different rectangular backyards. one yard measured 15 feet by 90 feet the other measured 40 feet by 40 feet.

a - which yard would take longer to fence and why?

b - which yard would take longer to mow and why?

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Bailey Francis · Answer 1

A. The yard measuring 15ft by 90ft

because 15+15+90+90 = 210 and 40+40+40+40 = 160

so there is a larger perimeter to fence.

B. The yard measuring 40ft by 40ft

because 15x19 = 1,350 and 40x40 = 1,600

so there is more Grass to mow.