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document.write( "You have 120 feet of fencing to make a pen for your dog. You want the pen to be 5 times longer than it is wide, and you want to use all of the 120 feet of fencing. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) Let w represent the width of the pen. Write and simplify and equation to represent the situation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) Solve the equation in part (a) to find the dimensions of the pen.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) What is the area of the pen? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "width = w feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 5w<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*(L+W)= perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*(W+%W)=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*6w=120 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "12w=120<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W=10 feet the width<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length = 5W = 5*10 =50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dimensions are 50 by 10 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = L*W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area =  50*10=500 square feet<BR>\n" );
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