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An old fence used to enclose a circular lot is to be recycled to fence a square lot.
\n" ); document.write( " If the radius of the circular lot is 5 meters, how long should the edge of the square lot be?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = side of the square
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\n" ); document.write( "4s = the perimeter of the square
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\n" ); document.write( "the perimeter of the square lot = the circumference of the circular lot
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\n" ); document.write( "4s = $\"2%2Api%2A5\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "s = $\"%282%2Api%2A5%29%2F4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "s = 7.854 meters
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