SOLUTION: Kirsten built a rectangular corral with a fence on 3 sides. A side of the barn served as a short side of the corral. She used 130 m of fencing. The lenth of the corral was 20 m lon
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: Kirsten built a rectangular corral with a fence on 3 sides. A side of the barn served as a short side of the corral. She used 130 m of fencing. The lenth of the corral was 20 m longer than the width. Find the dimensions of the corral. Choices for width: 25, 30, 35
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Kirsten built a rectangular corral with a fence on 3 sides. A side of the barn served as a short side of the corral. She used 130 m of fencing. The lenth of the corral was 20 m longer than the width. Find the dimensions of the corral.
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Draw the picture.
Let the width be "x"
Then the length is "x+20"
EQUATION:
x+2(x+20)=130
x+2x+40=130
3x=90
x=30 m (This is the width.
x+20= 50m (This is the length)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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