SOLUTION: You have a 500-foot roll of fencing and a large field. You want to construct a rectangular area for a dog park. Write an equation to represent the area of the dog park in terms of

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Question 1092701: You have a 500-foot roll of fencing and a large field. You want to construct a rectangular area for a dog park. Write an equation to represent the area of the dog park in terms of the width?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two opposites sides will be w each, for the width.


500-2w=2L, if L is length.
%28500-2w%29%2F2, the length.

AREA, w%2AL=w%28500-2w%29%2F2
or
250w-w%5E2