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challenge- you have 500- foot roll of chain link and a large field. you want to fence in a rectangular playground area. What are the dimensions of the largest such olayground area you can enclose? what is the area of the playground?

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the largest you can have without going over 500 feet is 22.71 in length and 22 in width.

22.71*22=499.62ft

the leftover fence is 0.38ft

hopes this helps

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