Arectangular parking lot at the megamall is 7/10 mile long and 1/4 mile wide. how much fencing is needed to enclose the lot?

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"A rectangular parking lot at the mega-mall is 7/10 mile long and 1/4 mile wide. How much fencing is needed to enclose the lot?"...

This question is essentially asking to solve for the perimeter. The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is: 


Input the information we already know:

Find A common denominator.

Simplify.



Reduce to Lowest Terms.

or


1 9/10 miles of fencing will be required to enclose the entire lot.

Hope this helps.
-Benjamin

The percent increase is 25%