SOLUTION: You have 60 feet of fencing to fence in part of your backyard for your dog. You want to make sure that your dog has 400 square feet of space to run around in. The back of your hous

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Question 1021684: You have 60 feet of fencing to fence in part of your backyard for your dog. You want to make sure that your dog has 400 square feet of space to run around in. The back of your house will be used as one side of the enclosure.
A. Write equations in terms of l and w for the amount of fencing and the area of the enclosure.

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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back of house used as one side --> perimeter = L + 2W

area = LW >= 400
perimeter = L + 2W = 60