SOLUTION: Imagine you have a ball of string 3m long. You need to put this string on along the sides of a rectangular object that is 60cm wide and 30 cm long. Do you have enough string?

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Question 964367: Imagine you have a ball of string 3m long. You need to put this string on along the sides of a rectangular object that is 60cm wide and 30 cm long. Do you have enough string?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Perimeter = 60 + 30 + 60 + 30 = 180 cm
3 meters = 300 cm
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It won't go around twice.