a strand of christmas lights measures 5/8 yards long. jake needs to outline a square with sides 1/5 yards long. does he have eno

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Andre45 [30]

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a strand of christmas lights measures 5/8 yards long. jake needs to outline a square with sides 1/5 yards long. does he have eno

ugh to outline the square?

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xxTIMURxx [149] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-15T22:43:11+03:00

xxTIMURxx [149]3 years ago

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Answer:

No, it's not long enough

Step-by-step explanation:

The perimeter of the square is 4/5. P=4s where s is the side length. 4/5 is larger than 5/8, so there will not be enough lights to cover the whole perimeter.