(a)What are the overall dimensions (in feet) of the rectangular enclosure shown? smaller value ft = larger value ft = (b)What is the total area (in square feet) of the enclosure shown?

Question

Farmer Watson has decided to take 735 ft of fencing he purchased and use it to enclose the subdivided plots shown.

A rectangle is given.

1. The shorter left and right sides of the rectangle are labeled x.
2. The longer top and bottom sides of the rectangle are labeled 2x.
3. A vertical line starts at the center of the top side and ends at the center of the bottom side. It is labeled x.

(a)What are the overall dimensions (in feet) of the rectangular enclosure shown?

smaller value ft =

larger value ft =

(b)What is the total area (in square feet) of the enclosure shown?

 

Answer 1

So 6x=735

DO I really need to work this problem further?

What is x?

Then you know the length and width of the rectangle.

What is the area?