SOLUTION: You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular pen for your dog. To provide sufficient running space for your dog to exercise the pen should be 3 times long as its wide find

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Question 1045326: You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular pen for your dog. To provide sufficient running space for your dog to exercise the pen should be 3 times long as its wide find the dimensions of the pen

Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x+2(3x)=96
2x+6x=96
x=96/8
x=12
3x=36

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