The length of the rectangular sports ground is 30 m. Find the perimeter of the site if its area is 270 m2.
Based on the condition of the problem, we were given a rectangular sports ground.
So we are using rectangle formulas.
1) Find the width of the playground, knowing the area and length.
Let’s write the formula for the area of a rectangle:
S = a × b,
where a is the length of the rectangle, b is the width.
Let us express the width of the rectangle from the formula for the area:
b = S / a.
Substituting the known values of the area and length into the formula, we find the width of the site:
b = 270/30 = 9 m.
2) Calculate the perimeter of the playground.
The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of the length and width of the rectangle multiplied by 2.
Let’s write a formula for the perimeter of a rectangle:
P = (a + b) × 2,
P = (30 + 9) × 2 = 39 × 2 = 78 m.
Answer: the perimeter of the sports ground is 78 m.