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A rectangular yard is fenced in using 279 feet of custom fence. Your friends really like the fence and decid 9 to fence in their yard using the same fence. Their yard is similar but has a scale factor of 5 times the size yours, how much fence, to the nearest foot, will they have to purchase?

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Answer: 1,395 feets

The original feet of the the fence is 279 feet

My friend wants to to the same fence with a similar feet but on a scale factor of 5

The amount of fence he will buy = 5 x the feet of the original feet

The amount of offence in feet = 5 x 279

= 1, 395 feets

He needs 1,395 feet of fence to fenced is rectangular yard

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