SOLUTION: You have a 1200 foot roll of fencing and a large field. You want to make two paddocks by splitting a rectangular enclosure in half. What are the dimensions of the largest such en
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Question 353355: You have a 1200 foot roll of fencing and a large field. You want to make two paddocks by splitting a rectangular enclosure in half. What are the dimensions of the largest such enclosure? Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A square is a rectangle with the largest area.
We need 5 equal pieces of fencing.
1200/5=240'
240*240 dimensions of the entire 2 paddocks.
240*120 each
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Ed
