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document.write( "Let x = length of remaining side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then since length*width=area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x = 500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 500/20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 25 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "fence needed is equal to the perimeter:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(20+25)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(45)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 feet (this is what they're looking for)<BR>\n" );
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