Nico W.

asked • 10/02/20

can someone help me with this question

A rancher wants to fence in an area of 1,500,000 square feet in a rectangular field and then divide it in half with a fence down the middle parallel to one side. Find a function that models the amount of fencing in terms of the width of the field, w, where w is the measurement of the fence down the middle of the field.

Stephen H.

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Area = Length x Width = LW = 1500000. The length of fence around the outside = 2L+2W and the length in the middle is W. The total amount of fencing needed is 2L+2W+W. Eliminate L as it equals 1500000/W. So, the amount of fencing needed is now 3000000/W+3W.
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