local high school is designing a new sports field. Its shape is rectangular with two semicircles at the opposite sides. The field needs to have a 400 meter track around its perimeter. a. Find a formula for the area of the rectangular playing field purely in terms of its width x, A(x)=...

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3. A local high school is designing a new sports field. Its shape is rectangular with two semicircles at the opposite sides.

The field needs to have a 400 meter track around its perimeter.

a. Find a formula for the area of the rectangular playing field purely in terms of its width x,

A(x)=...

 
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