A rancher plans to make four identical and adjacent rectanglar pens against the barn each with an area of 225 m² what are the dimensions of each pen that minimize the amount of fence that must be used

A rancher plans to make four identical and adjacent rectanglar pens against the barn each with an area of 225 m² what are the dimensions of each pen that minimize the amount of fence that must be used

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

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Chapter9: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

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