document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=15913>Question 15913</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help solving this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to plant a small rectangular garden in your back yard.  To keep out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "animals, you will completely enclose the garden with wire mesh around its<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter.  You will also cover the garden with mulch.  If you have 80 feet of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wire mesh and enough mulch to cover 375 square feet, what should the garden's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dimensions be?  Assume length >= width.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7836 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=pwac><B>pwac(253)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=pwac><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=7836\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need to find two factors of 375,call them x and y so that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2y=80(letx=width and y=length)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I found them quickly by trial and error assuming they would be a multiple of 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so let x=15 and y= 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x15)+(2x25)=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there is a better method sure somebody will post it.<BR>\n" );
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