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Old October 21st, 2007, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunit0001 View Post
A farmer plans to use 25m of fencing to enclose a rectangular pen that has area 63 m^2. Only three sides of the pen need fencing because part of an existing wall will be used for one of the longer sides. Find the dimensions of the pen.
Let the other long side be of length x
Let the other two short sides be of length y each

We want A = xy = 63

and x + 2y = 25

can you take it from here?
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