document.write( "Question 846550: A pig farmer wants to build two adjacent pens using 96 feet of fencing. He wants rectangular pens
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "overall length is to be six more than twice the width
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document.write( " 2(2x+6) + 3x = 96ft
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document.write( "      7x = 84
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document.write( "       x = 12ft, the width of the 2 overall sides and middle partition
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document.write( "Length = 2*12 + 6 = 30ft
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document.write( " overall dimensions are 30ft by 12ft \n" );
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