Maria is walking the perimeter of the gym. She walks the length of the gym, which is 25 meters. If the area of the gym is 375 meters squared, what is the perimeter of the gym?

1 Answer
Apr 10, 2018

80m

Explanation:

We know the lenght (25m) and the area (375m) so all we need is an equation.
The equation for area is:
#l*w=a#

where l is the lenght, w is the width and a is the area

To get the width we need to divide the area with the length
#a/l=w#

so:
#375/25=15#

To get the peremiter we then add all the sides together:

#25+25+15+15=80#