SOLUTION: A rectangular pen is built with 100 ft of fencing. If a river is on one side of the pen (no fencing along this side) then an expression for the area A of the pen in terms of x is g
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Question 1040221: A rectangular pen is built with 100 ft of fencing. If a river is on one side of the pen (no fencing along this side) then an expression for the area A of the pen in terms of x is given by? I'm sorry, this question is worded quite oddly.
Diagram Below: (periods have no significance, just there to make it look right)
Lines (|) and dashes (-)= fencing
~~~= River
River
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|........| X
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-------- Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
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So then the other side can be calculated using,
So the area of the rectangle would be,
Substituting,
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