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A farmer has a square plot of land he needs to fence. he walked 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:

Step-by-step explanation:

Since it is a square and we know the hypotenuse squared is equal to the sum of its squared sides

d^2=2s^2, we are told d=80 so

2s^2=80^2

s^2=3200

s=3200^(1/2)

P=4s

P=4(3200^(1/2))

P=160(2^(1/2) yds or approximately

P=226.27 yds