Janice walked around two sides of a square park. The perimeter of the park is 1,200 yards. How many yards did Janice walk? Explain your answer.
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To find out how many yards Janice walked, we need to calculate the length of each side of the square park first. Since a square has all sides equal in length, we can find the length of one side by dividing the perimeter by 4 (since a square has 4 equal sides).
Perimeter of the square park = 1,200 yards
Length of one side = Perimeter / 4
Length of one side = 1,200 / 4 = 300 yards
Now, since Janice walked around two sides of the square park, we need to calculate the distance she walked on those two sides. Since she walked on two sides, we need to multiply the length of one side by 2.
Distance Janice walked = Length of one side x 2
Distance Janice walked = 300 x 2 = 600 yards
Therefore, Janice walked 600 yards around the two sides of the square park.