SOLUTION: 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 fenci
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Question 262612: 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 mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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?
Let width be x
Length =3x
Perimeter =3x + 3x + 3x + 3x + x + x = 14x
14x=65
X=4.64 ft
Length= 13.92ft
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