SOLUTION: The total length of a fence along the front and one side of a rectangular city lot is 300 feet. If the front fence is twice as long as the side fence, how many feet long is the sid
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Question 19689: The total length of a fence along the front and one side of a rectangular city lot is 300 feet. If the front fence is twice as long as the side fence, how many feet long is the side fence? Answer by CertifiedGenius(6) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Okay we know that the total fence is 300ft. We don't know the sides, so we will use the variable x.
The front fence is twice as long as the side fence.
So the side fence is x and the front fence is 2x.
2x + x = 300ft (given)
3x = 300ft (combine like terms)
3x/3 = 300ft/3 (divide to simplify)
x = 100ft
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