SOLUTION: Suppose a gardener has 60 yards of fencing to make a rectangular garden enclosure. If the enclosure is x yards long, express the area A of the enclosure as a function of the length
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Question 1037609: Suppose a gardener has 60 yards of fencing to make a rectangular garden enclosure. If the enclosure is x yards long, express the area A of the enclosure as a function of the length x.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x accounts for two of the parallel lengths, and then 60-2x accounts for the two combined parallel widths.
for length;
for width;
A for area, is
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