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Question from Janet, a student: 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? |
Hi Janet,
Draw a diagram and label the width of one of the pens as W feet.
What is the length of the pens? Label all the sides. What is the total lengths of the sides? This total is 65 feet. Solve for W.
Penny
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