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Area of circular pen: 16,483.8 sq ft, which means that each dog will have: , or  sq ft of space
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document.write( "Area of square pen: 12,280.94 sq ft, which means that each dog will have: , or  sq ft of space
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document.write( "You decide which one should be built. \n" );
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