SOLUTION: A veterinarian wishes to use 132 feet of chain-link fencing to enclose a rectangular region and subdivide the region into smaller rectangular regions. If the total enclosed area is
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Question 1037241: A veterinarian wishes to use 132 feet of chain-link fencing to enclose a rectangular region and subdivide the region into smaller rectangular regions. If the total enclosed area is 576 square feet, find the dimensions of the enclosed region.
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let w and l be the width and the length. Then:
2w+2l=132
2l=132-2w
l=66-w
w(66-w)=576
66w-w^2-576=0
w^2-66w+576=0
Using the quadratic formula, we get a length and width of 55.65 ft. X 10.35 ft.!!!!!!!!!!!
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