Asked by Maddi Donald
Sanchez has a garage on his property. He recently purchased a tractor and cannot fit in his garage. To store is new purcahse, he deices to attach a three-sided fence to one of the walls of his garage in order to save material. If Sanchez has 60 meters of fencing and wants a 400 m^2 area, what will the dimensions of the rectangular fenced area?
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Answered by
Reiny
each of the two equal sides ---- x
the single side ------- y
given: 2x + y = 60
y = 60-2x
area = xy = x(60-2x)
x(60-2x) = 400
expand, and solve the quadratic
the single side ------- y
given: 2x + y = 60
y = 60-2x
area = xy = x(60-2x)
x(60-2x) = 400
expand, and solve the quadratic
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