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Mirele needs to buy fencing to completely surround her backyard pool. How much fencing should she buy?

A pool has a length of 31.74 feet and a height of 14.85 feet.

User Vikas Prajapati
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Answer:

93.18 feet

Explanation:

Length of backyard pool = 31.74 feet

Height of backyard pool = 14.85 feet

To find = Use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangular pool.

= 2 ( length + height )

Length of fencing bought by Mirele:

2 ( 31.74 + 14.85 ) = 2 ( 46.59 ) = 93.18 feet

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