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document.write( "Let the two short sides each be x, and the long side 4x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since there are 1002 meters of fencing, if we add the\r\n" );
document.write( "three fenced sides, we must get 1002, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the left and right sides are 167 meters each.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The long side is 4x, so that is 4(167) or 668 meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the dimensions of the region are 668 meters by 167 meters.\r\n" );
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