You have a 32-foot fence around a square garden. there are 4 equal sections. you paint 13 of one section of the fence.

what fraction of the fence did you paint?

Question:

You have a 32-foot fence around a square garden. There are 4 equal sections. You paint 1/3 of one section of the fence.  What fraction of the fence did you paint?

The fraction of the fence painted is

Solution:

Given that:

You have a 32-foot fence around a square garden. There are 4 equal sections

Find the length of each section:

4 sections = 32 foot

Find the length that is painted:

Therefore foot of fence is painted

Find the fraction that that is painted:

Total length of fence = 32

Therefore fraction of the fence is painted

a² + b²= c²

24² + 7² = c²

c= 25