An engineer's chain was used to measure a line, there were 6 tallies recorded, the rear chairman had 5 marking pins and the distance from the last pin to the end of line was 51.1 links. What was the length of the line?

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An engineer's chain was used to measure a
line, there were 6 tallies recorded, the rear
chairman had 5 marking pins and the
distance from the last pin to the end of line
was 51.1 links. What was the length of the
line?
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