SOLUTION: at a tennis club, a 1500 ft^2 rectangular area is partitioned into three rectangular courts of equal size. A total of 800 feet of fencing is used to enclose the three courts, incl

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Question 804220: at a tennis club, a 1500 ft^2 rectangular area is partitioned into three rectangular courts of equal size. A total of 800 feet of fencing is used to enclose the three courts, including the interior sides
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x and y dimensions.
x is divided into three equal lengths, so .

Each court part is area , and the entire rectangular area for these court parts is .

Total fencing used is ft.

The system is symbolically described with equations:
and .
Fence length equation allows . Substitute...



when multiplied both sides by -1.


General Solution to Quadratic Formula:



scratchwork...8*77750=8*50*1555=8*50*5*311...
2*2*2*2*5*5*5*311...
sqrt(622000)=20*sqrt(5*311)...


relatively simple radical form.

You can finish for finding x value.

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