The length of a rectangular field is 3 more than twice the width. the farmer would like to divide the field into four equal enclosed pens for his pigs and chickens. write a polynomial expression to describe the amount of fencing he would need.

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The length of a rectangular field is 3 more than twice the width. the farmer would like to divide the field into four equal enclosed pens for his pigs and chickens. write a polynomial expression to describe the amount of fencing he would need.

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Griffen · Answer 1

Assume w is the width. the length is 3*2w

To fence the whole outside of farm, he needs:

2 (w+6w) = 14w meters

Also he needs one width and one length for the enclosed pens. Therefore, the total amount of fencing he would need:

14w+w+6w=21w meters