Curt is installing a picket fence around his garden which is 45.45 ft by 14.63 ft. When he gets to the hardware store he finds that each picket fence slat is two feet wide. If Curt does not want any spaces between each slat, use estimation to determine how many slats of fencing he should buy.

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London Mccann

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28 April, 16:05

Curt is installing a picket fence around his garden which is 45.45 ft by 14.63 ft. When he gets to the hardware store he finds that each picket fence slat is two feet wide. If Curt does not want any spaces between each slat, use estimation to determine how many slats of fencing he should buy.

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Laurel Krueger · Answer 1

The perimeter of the garden is given

P = 45.45 + 45.45 + 14.63 + 14.63 = 120.16 feet

One picket fence slat is 2 feet wide, so the number of fence Curt should buy is

120.16:2 = 60.08 rounded to 61 fences