A farmer builds a fence to enclose a rectangular pasture. He uses 160 feet of fence. Find the total area of the pasture if it is 50 feet long.

Question

 Find the total fence area if you have 50 feet of pasture.

Answer 1

two length of the rectangle: total of 100 linear ft (50' each);

Two widths of the rectangle: total 60 ft (30' each).

 

The dimensions of the rectangle are 30 ft by 50 ft.  Finish the computation!

 

P.S:  'if you have 50 ft of pasture' is meaningless.