SOLUTION: Fencing dog pens. Clint is constructing two adjacent rectangular dog pens. Each pen will be three times as long as it is wide, and the pens will share a common long side. If Cli

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Question 260243: Fencing dog pens. Clint is constructing two adjacent
rectangular dog pens. Each pen will be three times as long
as it is wide, and the pens will share a common long side.
If Clint has 65 ft of fencing, what are the dimensions of
each pen?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3W=L
3L+4W=65
L=15
W=5
3*15+4*5=65
45+20=65