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Jamila keeps alpacas on a 1-acre, square lot near her home. She has 6 alpacas and wants to build a fence diagonally to split the herd in two. If an acre is 209 feet long, how many feet, to the nearest foot, of fencing does Jamila need?

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148 feet

296 feet

247 feet

362 feet

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The diagonal of the square is side × √2. With side = 209 ft, fence length = 209√2 ≈ 209 × 1.41421356 ≈ 295.57 ft, which rounds to 296 feet.