Question

Julia has 42 m of fencing to build a three-sided fence around a rectangular plot of land that sits on a riverbank. (The fourth side of the enclosure would be the river.) The area of the land is 180 square meters. List each set of possible dimensions (length and width) of the field.

Answer 1

The list of the set of dimension for fencing the building around a rectangular plot of land is 10.5 meters and 21 meters.

Area of a rectangle

area of rectangle = lw

where

• l = length
• w = width

Therefore,

perimeter = 2w+ l

42 = 2w + l

l = 42  - 2w

Hence,

area = w(42 - 2w)

180 = 42w - 2w²

-2w² + 42w - 180 = 0

-w² + 21w - 90 = 0

The dimension w can be found as follows;

w = - b / 2a

where

• a = -1
• b = 21

w = - 21 / 2 ×  -1

w = 10.5 meters

Then,

l = 42  - 2w

l = 42 - 2(10.5)

l = 21 meters

Therefore, the dimensions are 10.5 meters and 21 meters.

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