SOLUTION: 1080 feet of fencing farmer wants to enclosed three adjanent rectangular corrals the whole enclosed rectangle is 36,00 sq. feet. The rectangle at that top and bottom has 5440-2W

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Question 1109885: 1080 feet of fencing farmer wants to enclosed three adjanent rectangular corrals the whole enclosed rectangle is 36,00 sq. feet. The rectangle at that top and bottom has 5440-2W
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I believe what is meant (but not really clearly specified) is shown in the sketch below:



Numbers/variables below are meant to be lengths in feet and areas in square feet,
but I am not writing the units repeatedly.
,
so --> --> .
The total surface area is



Dividing everything by 2, we get the simplified, equivalent equation

Factoring to solve that equation, we get
--> .
So, either --> , or
-->
That gives us two possible answers for the dimensions of "the whole enclosed rectangle."
Either the whole enclosed area is wide by long, or it is
wide by long.


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