document.write( "Question 914433: Hello,\r
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document.write( "My name is Jeremy and I am having a problem with my take home quiz. I think I am doing it right but I am not for sure and I really to get a 100% on this one.\r
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document.write( "Here is the question:\r
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document.write( "You have 100 ft of fencing and you are in charge of enclosing a region that has the
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document.write( "shape shown in the picture below. The region is made of a rectangle and two semicircles.
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document.write( "Write a function that calculates the area of the region as a function of the
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document.write( "length of the rectangle.\r
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document.write( "I tried this:\r
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document.write( "P=100
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document.write( "100=2(pi)r + 2r + 2x or 50=(pi)r + r +x\r
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document.write( "Then solve for x= -(pi)r - r + 50\r
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document.write( "The substitute to and solve and get:\r
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document.write( "A= -(pi)r^2 + 98r\r
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document.write( "is this right?\r
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document.write( "thank you. \n" );
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