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A farmer builds a fence to enclose a rectangular pasture.He uses 160 feet of fence. Find the total area if the pasture is 50 feet long
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A farmer builds a fence to enclose a rectangular pasture.He uses 160 feet of fence. Find the total area if the pasture is 50 feet long

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2L +2W=160
100+ 2W=160
subtract 100 from each side
2W=60
divide by two each side
W=30
use the formula L×W=Area or 50×30 which equals 150 the are of the pasture is 150 feet²
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