Question

A typical rectangle city block in Manhattan is about 264 feet by 900 feet. What is the distance of the sidewalk that surrounds the block?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The total distance of the sidewalk that surrounds the block is calculated as the sum of the four sides of the block.

The two longer sides are each 900 feet, so the total length of those sides is 2 * 900 = 1800 feet.

The two shorter sides are each 264 feet, so the total length of those sides is 2 * 264 = 528 feet.

Adding all four sides together, the total distance of the sidewalk that surrounds the block is 1800 + 528 = 2328 feet.

Therefore, the distance of the sidewalk that surrounds the block is 2328 feet.