Question

4. The Friendsville Zoo builds a new rectangular

prairie-dog enclosure using 65 yards of
fencing. Two sides of the enclosure use a
total of 41.50 yards of fencing. Determine
the length of the other 2 equal
sides.

Answer 1

Answer:120

Explanation:

Answer 2

The length of the other two equal sides is 11.75 yards.

Explanation:

Let's call the length of the two equal sides of the rectangular enclosure "x". We know that the total amount of fencing used is 65 yards and that two sides already use 41.50 yards of fencing.

So, we can set up the equation:

2x + 41.50 = 65

To solve for x, we first need to isolate x on one side of the equation. We can start by subtracting 41.50 from both sides:

2x = 23.50

Then, we can divide both sides by 2 to solve for x:

x = 11.75

Therefore, the length of the other two equal sides is 11.75 yards.