The perimeter of a shape is just the measure of the boundary around the shape.
In this problem, we are given a square that has a side length of 17ft. In order to figure out the perimeter of the square, we need to add up the side lengths of all four sides.
We know that, with a square, all four sides have equal length, which means each of the four sides has a length of 17ft. To calculate the perimeter, we can just find 17 + 17 + 17 + 17, which is the same as 4*17:
[tex]\begin{gathered} P=4(17) \\ P=68\text{ ft} \end{gathered}[/tex]
We have calculated the perimeter to be 68 ft
Please note that, in general, the perimeter of a square is just 4 times the side length (it is a he
