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I am getting 30 baby chickens. I am going to keep them in a brooder that consist of a cardboard roll that has been rolled out into a circle. The only thing is I'm not sure how big to make the circle. I read that there should be 1/2 a square foot per chick. What would the area and diameter be of this circle?
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\n" ); document.write( "30 chicks would need 30(1/2) = 15 sq yrds of area
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\n" ); document.write( "Area of a circle is (pi)r^2
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve:
\n" ); document.write( "(pi)r^2 = 15
\n" ); document.write( "r^2 = 15/(pi)
\n" ); document.write( "r = sqrt(4.7746) = 2.1851 yrds.
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\n" ); document.write( "Diameter = 2(2.1851) = 4.36 yrds.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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