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 #154558 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=alicealc><B>alicealc(293)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=alicealc><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=154558\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the problem can be drawn like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=drawing%28+300%2C+200%2C+-1%2C+8%2C+2%2C+8%2C%0D%0Arectangle%28+-1%2C+3%2C+3%2C+7+%29%2C%0D%0Arectangle%28+3%2C+3%2C+7%2C+7+%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%28-0.8%2C5%2Cx%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%283.2%2C5%2Cx%29%2C%0D%0Alocate%287.2%2C5%2Cx%29%0D%0A%29%0D%0A ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the vertical side of the field is fenced x meters long each, then the 2 horizontal sides will be fenced (300 - 3x) meters long<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so each horizontal side of the field is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28300+-+3x%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28300+-+3x%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=150+-+%283%2F2%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"150+-+%283%2F2%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the area of the field is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = x(150 - 3/2 x)\r<BR>\n" );
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