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The owner of a ranch has 2,900 yards of fencing material with which to enclose a rectangular piece of grazing land along a straight portion of a river. If fencing is not required along the river, what are the dimensions of the pasture having the largest area? What is the largest area? The side opposite the river is the other two sides are each which means the area is yards, yards, square yards.

The owner of a ranch has 2,900 yards of fencing material with which to enclose a rectangular piece of grazing land along a straight portion of a river. If fencing is not required along the river, what are the dimensions of the pasture having the largest area? What is the largest area? The side opposite the river is the other two sides are each which means the area is yards, yards, square yards.

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The owner of a ranch has 2,900 yards of fencing material with which to enclose a rectangular piece of grazing land along a straight portion of a river. If fencing is not required along the river, what are the dimensions of the pasture having the largest area? What is the largest area? The side opposite the river is the other two sides are each which means the area is yards, yards, square yards.
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