SOLUTION: You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangle pan for your dog to provide sufficient running space for your dog to exercise the pan should be three times as long as it is righ

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Question 1166672: You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangle pan for your dog to provide sufficient running space for your dog to exercise the pan should be three times as long as it is right find the dimensions of the pen length and width
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Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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You have 96 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangle pan for your dog to provide sufficient running space
for your dog to exercise the pan should be three times as long as it is highlight%28cross%28right%29%29 wide.
find the dimensions of the pen length and width
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If W is the width, then 3W is the length, and


    W + 3W = 96/2 = 48,  or

    4W = 48,

     W = 48/4 = 12 ft.


ANSWER.  The dimensions should be 12 ft and 3*12 = 36 ft.

Solved.



Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If your dog has to live outside
don't get a dog.
Get some fish.