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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kirsten built a rectangular corral with a fence on 3 sides. A side of the barn served as a short side of the corral. She used 130 m of fencing. The lenth of the corral was 20 m longer than the width. Find the dimensions of the corral. Choices for width: 25, 30, 35 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the width be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the length is \"x+20\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2(x+20)=130 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2x+40=130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30 m (This is the width.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+20= 50m (This is the length)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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