document.write( "Question 990475: A farmer wishes to enclose a rectangular region with 143 meters of fencing in such a way that the length is four times the width and that the region is divided along it's length into two equal parts. What is the length and width? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Total Fencing, 143 meters;
\n" ); document.write( "L, length, w width;
\n" ); document.write( "L=4w;
\n" ); document.write( "Segment sizes forming the rectangular region are L+L+L+w+w, because one of the L is used as a physical divider.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Form Equation.
\n" ); document.write( "\"3L%2B2w=143\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for L.
\n" ); document.write( "\"3%284w%29%2B2w=143\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"14w=143\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w=143%2F14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w=10%263%2F14\"
\n" ); document.write( "Possibly strange result because, \"divided along its length into two equal parts.\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The LENGTH is not really being divided; the division is ALONG the LENGTH, meaning the width is what is being divided.
\n" ); document.write( "Really want:
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%282L%2B3w=143%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2%284w%29%2B3w=143\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"11w=143\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w=143%2F11\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28w=13%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28L=54%29\"
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