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You are building a right-angled triangular flower garden along a stream as shown in the figure The fencing of the left border costs $10 per foot, while the fencing of the lower border costs $2 per foot. (No fencing is required along the river.) You want to spend $600 and enclose as much area as possible. What are the dimensions of your garden, and what area does it enclose? [The area of a right-triangle is given by A = xy/2.] left border = ?? bottom border =?? garden area = ??

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