SOLUTION: A pig farmer wants to build two adjacent pens using 96 feet of fencing. He wants rectangular pens that share the short side and the overall length is to be six more than twice the

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Question 846550: A pig farmer wants to build two adjacent pens using 96 feet of fencing. He wants rectangular pens
that share the short side and the overall length is to be six more than twice the width. What should
be the dimensions of the overall pen?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

overall length is to be six more than twice the width+highlight_green%28x%29

 2(2x+6) + 3x = 96ft

      7x = 84

       x = 12ft, the width of the 2 overall sides and middle partition

Length = 2*12 + 6 = 30ft

 overall dimensions are 30ft by 12ft