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Measuring Lawn Square Footage: Pace Method with Soda Cans

Sketch lawn, divide into rectangles. Place cans at corners. Pace between cans (2.5 ft/pace). Multiply pace count × 2.5 for side lengths. Area = length × width per rectangle. Sum all. Tape measure + helper = more accurate.

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