A farmer wishes to enclose a rectangular region with 253 meters of fencing in such a way that the length is four times the width and that the region is divided along its length into two equal parts, as shown in the figure.

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whpalmer4 · Answer

Hard to see the figure, no matter how much I squint :-)

anonymous · Answer

LOL . the figure is a rectangle split directly down the middle..

anonymous · Answer

i'm gonner try and interpret this quest lemme know if i get it right

let width be x meters
length will be 4x

see drawing below

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anonymous · Answer

So he is going to use 253m of fencing in total. this means

(4x*2)+(x*3)=11x=253m
therefore x=23m
width=23m
length=92m

lemme know if u need anymore help