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Find the area of this rectangle.

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Mark is making a plan to build a rectangular
garden. He has 160 feet of fence to form the
outside border of the garden. He wants the
dimensions to look like the plan outlined below.
Find the area of the rectangle. enter image description here

posted Feb 14, 2020 by anonymous

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4x+2x+3=160/2 --> 6x=77 --> x=77/6
Area= 4x*(2x+3)=4*77/6*(2*77/6+3) ~ 1471. 56 feet^2

answer Mar 2, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov



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