Ms. Jackson has 32 m of fencing to make a rectangular pen for her rabbits. The wall of her house will serve as one side of the pen, so she will use fencing for only three sides of the rectangle. Express the area of the rabbit pen as a function of its width and then determine the domain and range of the area function.

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2. Ms. Jackson has 32 m of fencing to make a rectangular pen for her rabbits. The wall of her house will serve as one side of the pen, so she will use fencing for only three sides of the rectangle. Express the area of the rabbit pen as a function of its width and then determine the domain and range of the area function.

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