Plotting The Land
From Cyberchase
03:01 - 07:10
4m 9s

The Cybersquad are helping the authorities find out if Hacker has more land than Judge Trudy. They decide that measuring the area of Judge Trudy's square and comparing it to the area of Hacker's land is the best way to approach it. They use rope, fence posts, and tarps to calculate the area of the land.

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