Enclosing land by fence pieces

[I got this puzzle from Serdar Tasiran.]

You are given one 44-meter piece of fence and 48 one-meter pieces of fence. Assume each piece is a straight and unbendable. What is the large area of (flat) land that you can enclose using these fence pieces?

September 2011

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