SOLUTION: cindy has 50 feet of fencing. she wants to build a rectangular pen in which the width is 5 feet less than the length using all of the fencing

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Question 1100649: cindy has 50 feet of fencing. she wants to build a rectangular pen in which the width is 5 feet less than the length using all of the fencing
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52835) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
width L-5
length L
2%28L-5%29%2B2L=50
L-5%2BL=25
2L=30
L=15

Length of the pen, 15 feet.
Width of the pen, 10 feet.