SOLUTION: a person has a rectangular park whose area is 100 sq m he fences three sides of the garden with 30 m barbed wire on the forth side the wall of his house is constructed find the dim

Question 800170: a person has a rectangular park whose area is 100 sq m he fences three sides of the garden with 30 m barbed wire on the forth side the wall of his house is constructed find the dimensions of the garden
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a person has a rectangular park whose area is 100 sq m
he fences three sides of the garden with 30 m barbed wire on the forth side the wall of his house is constructed find the dimensions of the garden
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Draw the picture.
You have a rectangle with side opposite the house = 30 m
Let the sides perpendicular to the house have length "x" meters.
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Equation:
Area = length*width
100 = 30x
x = 3 1/3 m
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Dimensions: 30m by 3 1/3 m
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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