SOLUTION: The area of a square farm field was 25 acres. The field was devided into seperate square lots 1 acre. A fence was placed arround the outside oof the entire field. The base price fo

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Question 1078982: The area of a square farm field was 25 acres. The field was devided into seperate square lots 1 acre. A fence was placed arround the outside oof the entire field. The base price for a lot was $1200. Lots on the edge, which had fenses, cost $150 more for each side that had a fence. What were the different prices for the lots in the fieldand how many of each price were there?
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Did you try drawing it? How else are you going to solve it? I made you the drawing below. The four corner lots have 2 sides fenced and there are twelve lots with one side fenced, see drawing below. You add the values.