Laura found a roll of fencing in her garage. She couldn't decide whether to fence in a square garden

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    Laura found a roll of fencing in her garage. She couldn't decide whether to fence in a square garden or a round garden with the fencing.

    Laura did some calculations and found that a circular garden would give her 1380 more square feet than a square garden. How many feet of fencing were in the roll that Laura found? (Round to the nearest foot.)

    Feet of fencing = n
    Perimeter of square garden = n

    Each side of square = n/4
    Square garden's area = (n/4)^2 = n^2/16

    Area of circle garden with circumference = n is:
    Circumference = pi * d
    n = pi * d

    Divide body tissues by pi:
    d = n/pi

    Radius = n/2pi

    Area = pi * n/2pi * n/2pi
    Area = pin^2/4pi^2

    Reduce by canceling pi:
    n^2/4pi
    n^2/4 * 3.14
    n^2/12.56

    The problem says that the difference between the square's area and the circle's area is equal to 1380 square feet.

    Area of Circle - Area of Square = 1380
    n^2/12.56 - n^2/16 = 1380

    Common denominator = 200.96
    (16n^2 - 12.56n^2)/200.96 = 1380
    3.44n^2/200.96 = 1380

    Cross multiply:
    3.44n^2 = 277,324.8
    n^2 = 80,617.7
    n = 283.9

    Nearest foot = 284
     

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