Is additional sig fig problem?

Question

a farmer measures the distance around a rectangular field. the length of the long sides of the rectangle is found to be 38.44 and the length of the shorts sides are found to be 19.5m. What is the TOTAL DISTANCE arond the field?

my answer came out to be 57.9m is that correct?

Answer 1

Well, no.  Your significant figures are correct, but your answer is wrong.  Remember - there are two sides of length 38.44 and two of length 19.5.  You've found the distance halfway around.