Question

jay wants to build a rectangle pen to enclose a garden, pigs, and chickens. the pen must have dividing and is designed as shown below.
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I pigs I chicken I
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I garden I
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the exterior fencing on the perimeter the pen costs $4/foot while the interior dividing fence cost $2/foot. if there is $2700 available to spend on fencing, find x and y, produce largest possible enclosed area

Answer 1

does it divide exact like this?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

then let x = length, y = width
then we compute the costs of fencing these.
2x*$4 + 2y*$4 + x*$2 + 1/2 y*$2 = $2700