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A rancher wants to enclose a corral for his alpacas. If a river forms one side of the corral and 500 feet of fencing is available, what is the equation for the area?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
A rancher wants to enclose a corral for his alpacas.
If a river forms one side of the corral and 500 feet of fencing is available.
what is the equation for the area
A = x(500-2x)

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