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A farmer has a square plot of land he needs defense he walked to the diagonal of the plot of land and found it to be 80 yards how much fencing will he need to fence the plot of land?

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Answer:

Explanation:


d^2=x^2+x^2\\ \\ 2x^2=80^2\\ \\ 2x^2=6400\\ \\ x^2=3200\\ x=√(3200)\\ \\ P=4x\\ \\ P=4√(3200)yds\\ \\ P\approx 226.27yds

User Mskolnick
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Answer: i think the answer is 320

Explanation:

i say 320 because a square has 4 sides and there is 80 yards so all i did is multiply 80 x 4 = 320

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