document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1039274>Question 1039274</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rancher with 750 ft of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find a function that models the total area of the four pens. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A(w) =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got -2.5x^2 + 375x but it was wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find a function that models the total area of the four pens. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the width be \"w\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: 2 of the sides are \"w\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each dividing segment is (750-2w)/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then depth of the rectangle is [150-(2/5)w<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total Area = w[(150-(2/5)w] = 150w - (2/5)w^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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