Chuck has 140 ft of fencing in which he wants to fence in two connecting, adjacent square

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Chuck has 140 ft of fencing in which he wants to fence in two connecting, adjacent square pens with fencing between the two pens (see the figure). What will be the dimensions if the length of the entire enclosed region is to be twice the width?

Chuck has 140 ft of fencing in which he wants


Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem. Solve the equation and determine the desired value(s).

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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