SOLUTION: You have 600 yards of fencing to enclose a rectangular field. Express the area of the field, A, as a function of one of its dimensions, x.

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Question 912054: You have 600 yards of fencing to enclose a rectangular
field. Express the area of the field, A, as a function of
one of its dimensions, x.
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You have 600 yards of fencing to enclose a rectangular
field. Express the area of the field, A, as a function of
one of its dimensions, x.
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P = 2W + 2L = 600
Use x and y
2x + 2y = 600
x + y = 300
y = 300 - x
Area = x*(300-x)