A farmer has a 200 ft by 100 ft rectangular field that he wants to increase by 25.28% by cultivating a strip of uniform width around the current field. How wide of a strip should he cultivate around the edge of his field to do this?
A farmer has a 200 ft by 100 ft rectangular field that he wants to increase by 25.28% by cultivating a strip of uniform width around the current field. How wide of a strip should he cultivate around the edge of his field to do this?
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A farmer has a 200 ft by 100 ft rectangular field that he wants to increase by 25.28% by cultivating a strip of uniform width around the current field. How wide of a strip should he cultivate around the edge of his field to do this?
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