Question

Mark wants to make an enclosure for his cows.

He has 44 metres of fencing.
He wants the width to be 8 metres less than the length.
What dimensions should the field have?
?

Answer 1

the length and width be 15 meters and 7 meters respectively

Explanation:

The computation of the dimension of the field is given below;

Let us assume the fencing be p

Length be x

And, the width be x - 8

So,

P = 44

P = x - 8 + x - 8 + x + x

= 4x - 16

Now

4x - 16 = 44

4x = 44 + 16

4x = 60

x = 15

And, the width be 15 - 8 = 7

So, the length and width be 15 meters and 7 meters respectively