document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=204715>Question 204715</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the answer to this? I understand where the 150 comes from, but not the -3/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A farmer has a total of 300 yards of fencing. He wants to enclose a recfield and then divide it into 2 plots with a piece of fencing inside the field parallel to one of the sides. Let x represent the length of the piece of fencing located inside the field. Express teh area of the field as a function of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There's a diagram with a rectangle and a line almost halfway through it vertically but a little bit closer to the left side, with x next to it. The answer is A=x(150-3/2x) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #154557 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=154557\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Let x represent the length of the piece of fencing located inside the field\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ so there are two sides that are also x long (and parallel to it)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this leaves 300-3x yards of fencing for the two remaining sides ___ each one is 300/2 - 3x/2 or 150 - 3/2 x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the area is the x dimension multiplied by the (150 - 3/2 x) dimension </SPAN>\n" );
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