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Find the maximum area of a school yard that can be enclosed with 100 yards of fencing if the school building is to be used as one of the sides of the enclosure.

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@jdoe0001

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@TuringTest

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@.Sam. @thomaster

OpenStudy (turingtest):

write a formula for the area of the yard as a function of the lengths of the sides, and another for the perimeter as a function of the sides

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y=3x?

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what does that represent?

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area of the yard

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@TuringTest

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how did you get that?

OpenStudy (1645323):

no y=4x each sides times the length

OpenStudy (turingtest):

each side times the length? you want width times length

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2y+2x?

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i dont know

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let y be the length of one side, and x be the length of the other then the area is what?

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2y+x=100

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no|dw:1396047405459:dw|what is the area of this shape?

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100

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