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\n" ); document.write( "A rectangular plot of ground is to be enclosed by a fence and then divided down the middle by another fence.
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document.write( "Let x be the length of the plot (in feet);\r\n" );
document.write( "let y be the width of the plot.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We have the x + y + x + y = 2x + 2y feet of the fence at Php 100 per foot\r\n" );
document.write( "and y feet of the fence at Php 40 per foot.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the cost equation for the fence\r\n" );
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document.write( "    100*(2x+2y) + 40y = 38400  Php.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and express y\r\n" );
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document.write( "    200x + 200y + 40y = 38400\r\n" );
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document.write( "    200x + 240y = 38400\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = 160 -  = 160 - .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the area of the plot is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    area = xy = x*(160 -  = 160x - .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the desired expression of the area of the plot via x.   \r\n" );
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