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At soccer practice the team had to run around the soccer field 5 times. If the field is 100 yards long and 60 yards wide, how far did the team have to run?

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ok so heres the answer

first you add 100 and 60 to get 160 times that by two and get 320

simply times 320 by 5 and get 1600 yards
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First, we can state that the soccer field is a rectangle, since its length is different from its width.
First, we need to find how long is 1 turn of the soccer field, so we need to find the perimeter of the field, which is a rectangle.
The formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2(l + w), where P represents the perimeter, l the length, and w the width.
By hypothesis, we know that the length is l = 100 yards, and the width is w = 60 yards. All we need to do is replace l and w in the formula to find the perimeter:
P = 2 (l + w)
P = 2(100 + 60)
P = 2 * 160
P = 320 yards.
So each turn of the soccer field is 320 yards.

The team ran the soccer field 5 times, so they run the 320 yards 5 times. You multiply the distance of 1 turn by 5 to find how much is the distance ran in 5 turns:
5 * 320 = 1600 yards.

The team had to run 1600 yards.

Hope this Helps! :)
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