document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=987860>Question 987860</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has 200 yards of fencing to enclose three sides of a rectangular piece of property that lies next to a river. The river will serve as the fourth side. Find the dimensions of property if the area is 3200 yards^2. (There will be 2 solutions)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #608559 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39625)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=608559\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can choose the sides as x, x, and y, and then the fencing length is 2x+y=200 and xy=3200 for area.  This gives the system of equations\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=20 and y=160,  or  x=80 and y=40<BR>\n" );
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