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Due: Today Raven told Micah the perimeter of the swimming pool was 35 feet, the dimension of the pool were 5 ft by 7 ft. Micah said the perimeter was 24 feet. Who is correct? Justify your answer.

Sagot :

Answer: Micah

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Raven told Perimeter of the swimming pool is [tex]35\ ft[/tex]

Micah said Perimeter is [tex]24\ ft[/tex]

The actual dimension of the swimming pool is [tex]5\ ft\times 7\ ft[/tex]

Perimeter is given by  [tex]2(l+w)[/tex]

Using this, the perimeter is

[tex]\Rightarrow P=2(5+7)\\\Rightarrow P=2\times 12=24\ ft[/tex]

[tex]\therefore[/tex] Micah statement is correct.