SOLUTION: 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.

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Question 1047498: 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.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.
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Sketch the figure.
You have a base and a top line
You have 5 line segments perpendicular connecting the base to the top.
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2*base + 5*other = 750
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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