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you have to order fencing for a 25-acre rectangular field one side of the field measures exactly 1/4 Mile how many yards of fencing will you need to enclose the entire field

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Step-by-step explanation: 1430.2

User Vasyl Nahuliak
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1/4 acre x 100 acres = 25 acres

208.71" = one side of 1 acre squared in feet

2 x 1/4 x 208.17" = 104.355" (2 x 1/4 acre long ends in feet)

200 x 208.71" = 41,742.000" (2 x 100 (acre long sides) x 208.71")

41,846.335" divided by 3 = 13,948.785 yards of fencing required