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?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-30T03:35:19

#P=80# meters

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I am going to assume the gym has a rectangular area. The formula for the area of a rectangle is:

#A=l*w# where #l# is the length and #w# is the width.

#375=25*w#

#w=375/25=15# meters

The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is:

#P=2l+2w#

#P=2(25)+2(15)=50+30=80# meters