Refer to Exercise 13. If the cost of the fencing for the boundary is $5 per meter and the dividing fence costs $2 per meter, find the dimensions of the corral that minimize the cost of the fencing.

Exercise 13

A rectangular corral of 54 square meters is to be fenced off and then divided by a fence into two sections, as shown in Fig. 7(b). Find the dimensions of the corral so that the amount of fencing required is minimized.

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