Question

Joel is planting a garden in the shape of a trapezoid. Three of the sides are the same length, and the fourth side is 18 feet long. He uses 58.5 feet of fencing to surround the garden. What is the maximum length of each of the other three sides? HELP PLS

Answer 1

The maximum length of each of the three sides is 13.5 feet.

What is a trapezoid?

A trapezoid is a convex quadrilateral. A trapezoid has at least on pair of parallel sides. The parallel sides are called bases while the non parallel sides are called legs.

Perimeter =  sum of lengths of sides of a trapezoid

What is the maximum length of each of the three sides?

58.5 = 3s + 18

58.5 - 18 = 3s

40.5 = 3s

s = 40.5 / 3

s = 13.5 feet

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