A student tries to measure the perimeter of a small park of his community by pacing around the area for three consecutive times. The no of paces was tallied at 535,543 and 539 respectively, for each trial. If the student’s pace factor is 0.74m/pace, determine the actual perimeter of the land.

A student tries to measure the perimeter of a small park of his community by pacing around the area for three consecutive times. The no of paces was tallied at 535,543 and 539 respectively, for each trial. If the student’s pace factor is 0.74m/pace, determine the actual perimeter of the land.

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