SOLUTION: A man has 30m of fencing. With it, he encloses 100m^2 of his garden, the boundary fence forming one side of the enclosure. What are the possible dimensions of the enclosure?

Question 878563: A man has 30m of fencing. With it, he encloses 100m^2 of his garden, the boundary fence forming one side of the enclosure. What are the possible dimensions of the enclosure?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length of fencing is made into three sides. 30-2x and x are the dimensions of the garden. Letting x = one of the sides.

gives the area equation of one dimension multiplied by the other dimension.

or

Other side is or .

Dimensions can be 5 by 20, or 10 by 10.
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