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Why might you need measure a perimeter with a measuring tape instead of a ruler

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because a ruler is 4 times smaller minimum of mesuring tape

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The perimeter may not be small enough to measure with just a ruler. For example, if a side of a rectangle was 30 inches, how would you use a 12 inch ruler to accurately measure that side? Also, if you were measuring a shape like a circle or oval, a tape measure is flexible.
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