To fence a 50-acre plot of land, you first need to determine the dimensions of the land. A common rectangular configuration for 50 acres is approximately 1,320 feet by 1,650 feet. The perimeter of this rectangle would be about 5,940 feet. If using standard fence posts placed every 8 feet, you would need around 743 posts for the entire perimeter.
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It depends on what kind of fence you wish to put up. For example, an electrified barbed wire and steel post fence would only require about three posts. But a wood plank and wood post fence would require about five or six.
You need 1962.5 fence posts.
56 posts are needed for the fence
6600 the correct answer is actually 6601 because you need one more post to close the fence.
Specifying the area inside the fence doesn't tell you the shape or the distancearound it (the "perimeter"). Here are the shortest possibilities. It could beanything longer than these.-- The shortest possible perimeter, requiring the least fence, is to enclosethe area inside a circle. For 11 acres, the diameter of the circle has to be781 feet, and the distance around it is 2,453.8 feet ... that's 246 fenceposts, not including whatever you do for a gate.-- If the sides of the lot are straight, then the shortest possible perimeteris a square. For 11 acres, each side of the square has to be 692.2 feet, andthe distance around it is 2,768.8 feet ... that's 277 fence posts plus the gate.If the lot is rectangular and not square, then the longer and skinnier it is,the more fence it'll need, with no limit. For example, the lot could be 33-ftwide and 14,520-ft long. That's 11 acres inside, and 29,106-ft around ...2,911 fence posts plus the gate.