The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fences 40% if he wants to keep the deer from jumping in to eat the foliage and blossoms. If the current fence is 2.0 m high, how high will the new fence be?

Respuesta :

Answer:2.8 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The current fence height id 2 m

The gardener is told that he must increase the height of his fence by 40%

so new height is [tex]2+2\times 40[/tex]%

[tex]=2+2\times 0.4[/tex]

[tex]=2\left ( 1+.4\right )[/tex]

[tex]=2\left ( 1.4\right )[/tex]

[tex]=2.8 m[/tex]

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