document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1166158>Question 1166158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A livestock pen is built in the shape of a rectangle that is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 times as long as it is wide. The perimeter is 54 feet. If the material used to build the pen is $1.25 per foot for the longer sides and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$2.25 per foot for the shorter sides (the shorter sides have gates, which increase the cost per foot), find the cost to build the pen. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "long side is 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the perimeter is 2 of each or a total of 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=54 and x=9 ft short side @$2.25 per foot is $20.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 ft longer side @$1.25=$22.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total is $42.75 </SPAN>\n" );
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