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PLEASE ANSWER ASAP! I posted this like 2 times already... A farmer wants to fence in a section of land for a horse pasture. Fencing costs $31 per yard. How much will it cost to fence the pasture?

PLEASE ANSWER ASAP! I posted this like 2 times already... A farmer wants to fence-example-1

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find perimiter aka legnth areound sine fence goes around

144+189+330+330+330=1323 feet'
find how many yards that is since it is 31 per yard
3 foot=1 yard
1 foot=1/3 yard
1323 times 1/3=441 yard
cost=cost per yard tiems nubmer of yards
cost=31 times 441
cost=$13761

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ok so to start you need to add the all of the leangth to gether to get 1323 ft. the you convert that to yards (441 yards) then you multiply 441 yard by 31 and you get your answer ($13671)
i hope that this helps

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