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Question 1109982: A rancher has 2000 m of wire fencing, and he wants to use this to fence off the largest possible area for some of his horses to graze. In square meters, what is the area? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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A rancher has 2000 m of wire fencing, and he wants to use this to fence off the largest possible area for some of his horses to graze.
In square meters, what is the area?
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As it is formulated in the post, the largest area is the circle with the circumference equal to 2000 meters.
But it is not what you really want // (as I suspect).
What you really want is the square, and in order for to get this correct answer, you need to say the word "rectangle" in your condition.
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