I want to put a fence around my garden. My garden is 20' x 50'. In order to buy the correct amount of Fencing, I would need to be able to find the perimeter (distance around) my garden.
If you wanted to redecorate your house, you would need to know how much carpet, paint or wallpaper you would need - you would use area and perimeter to work this out.
The lengths of the base and the side. You would multiply these to get the area and would double sum of the two to obtain the perimeter measurement.
you need length and width length multiply width = area length + length + width + width = perimeter
The lengths of each of its sides.
Perimeter is used when you want to find the length of the sides of an object. A practicle use for perimeter would be knowing how much fencing you need to enclose a certain amount of space, but the length of the fencing would be the perimeter.
If you want to get new wall paper.
If you wanted to redecorate your house, you would need to know how much carpet, paint or wallpaper you would need - you would use area and perimeter to work this out.
If you know the perimeter, there is no need to find it again.
The lengths of the base and the side. You would multiply these to get the area and would double sum of the two to obtain the perimeter measurement.
you need length and width length multiply width = area length + length + width + width = perimeter
The lengths of each of its sides.
Perimeter is used when you want to find the length of the sides of an object. A practicle use for perimeter would be knowing how much fencing you need to enclose a certain amount of space, but the length of the fencing would be the perimeter.
You need to find perimeter when you buy a house, because then you know where your yard begins and ends.
Not easily. You need to find the area or perimeter of the components and sum them.
To find the perimeter of a shape, you need to add up the lengths of all its sides. For example, to find the perimeter of a rectangle, you would add the lengths of its four sides together. The formula for perimeter varies depending on the shape you are working with.
If you are installing a fence to surround your property, then you need to find the perimeter of your land to see how much fencing you have to buy.
As for example when constructing a round-about on a road you'll need to know its perimeter which is the circumference of a circle.