SOLUTION: A fence is to enclose a rectangular vegetable farm with an area of 400 square meters. If x is the length of one side of this fence, find a function P(x) representing the perimeter

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Question 1098571: A fence is to enclose a rectangular vegetable farm with an area of 400 square meters. If x is the length of one side of this fence, find a function P(x) representing the perimeter of the fencing material required.
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If  "x is the length of one side of this fence" (in meters), then the length of an adjacent side (of ANY adjacent side) is  meters.


Thus the perimeter P(x) is equal to  P(x) = x +  + x +  = 2x +  meters.


Answer.  P(x) = 2x +  meters.


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