Why does miss maudie say "there are just some kind of men who-- who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results" (lee 45)?

This could be her saying that everyone is thinking of the future and not the present

perimeter = 2l +2w, divide total perimeter by 2 for total length of 1 side and 1 width

172/2 = 86 (  total for 1 side and 1 width)

86-24 = 62 (since length is 24 ft longer subtract 24 then divide by 2 for width)

62/2 = 31

width = 31 feet

length = 31 +24 = 55 feet

check: 31*2 = 62, 55*2 = 110,  110+62 = 172