SOLUTION: A farmer wants to enclose a rectangular field with 180m of fencing. The side of the barn will act as one side of the enclosure, leaving three sides to be covered by the fencing. Th

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Question 974572: A farmer wants to enclose a rectangular field with 180m of fencing. The side of the barn will act as one side of the enclosure, leaving three sides to be covered by the fencing. The function that describes the area inside the enclosure is f(x) = x(180-2x). What are the dimensions of the enclosure?
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A farmer wants to enclose a rectangular field with 180m of fencing.
The side of the barn will act as one side of the enclosure, leaving three sides to be covered by the fencing. The function that describes the area inside the enclosure is f(x) = x(180-2x). What are the dimensions of the enclosure?
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Length = 180-2x
width = x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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