document.write( "Question 57284: Any help with this is greatly appreciated! thanks\r
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document.write( "A farmaer uses 65ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular pen next to his barn. If he only needs to fence three sides of the and wants the length of the pen
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document.write( "parrallel to the barn to be 10 ft more then twice the width of the pen, what are the dimensions of the pen? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #39003 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! x = width \n" ); document.write( "2x + 10 = length \n" ); document.write( "x + x + 2x + 10 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "4x + 10 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "4x = 55 \n" ); document.write( "x = 13.75 answer \n" ); document.write( "check \n" ); document.write( "2(13.75) + 2(13.75) + 10 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "27.5 + 27.5 + 10 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "55 + 10 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "65 = 65 \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " |