Flor is putting a fence around a field. The field is rectangular and measures 9.38 yards (yd) long and 14.74 yd wide. How much fence must Flor purchase?
A rectangular field has 4 sides. Two of the sides are each 9.38 yards long. The other two sides are 14.74 yards long.
The two short sides need 18.76 yards of fencing. How many yards do the two short sides need?
How much fencing do you think Flor needs all together?
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To find out how much fencing Flor needs all together, we can add the lengths of all four sides of the rectangular field.
The two long sides are each 14.74 yards long, so they require a total of 14.74 + 14.74 = 29.48 yards of fencing.
The two short sides are each 9.38 yards long, so they require a total of 9.38 + 9.38 = 18.76 yards of fencing.
Now we can add the length of the long sides to the length of the short sides to get the total amount of fencing needed:
29.48 + 18.76 = 48.24 yards
Therefore, Flor needs to purchase 48.24 yards of fencing in total.