There is a rectangular lawn 10m long and 4m wide in front of Meena’s house (in the given figure). It is fenced along the two smaller sides and one longer side leaving a gap of 1m for the entrance. Then the length of fencing is ____.

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There is a rectangular lawn 10m long and 4m wide in front of Meena’s house (in the given figure). It is fenced along the two smaller sides and one longer side leaving a gap of 1m for the entrance. Then the length of fencing is 17 m.
Given figure is,
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From figure,
Width of the lawn

AB = FE = 4 m

, Length of the lawn

BE = 10 m

,
Length of the gap

CD = 1 m

.
We have to find length of fencing.
Perimeter of fencing will help us to find the length of the fencing.
So,
Perimeter of fencing = length of fencing = Two smaller sides