document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=807992>Question 807992</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has 800 yd of fencing to enclose a rectangular pasure. Since one side of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the pasture borders a ricer, that side does not need to be fenced. The side parallel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to the river must be twice as long as the side perpendicular to the river. Find the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dimensions of the rectangular pasture. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Since one side of the pasture borders a river, that side does not need to be fenced. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The side parallel to the river must be twice as long as the side perpendicular to the river.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the dimensions of the rectangular pasture.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the length of the two sides perpendicular to the river<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = the length of the side parallel to the river<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A simple equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + x + x = 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 800/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 200 yds is the shorter side (perpendicular to the river)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(200) = 400 yds is the side parallel to the river <BR>\n" );
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