Jose needs to enclose a rectangular section of his yard. the perimeter of the section is 27 feet, and the area? is 35 square feet ... find the length and width of the selection. let l=length and w-width write and equation for the perimenter ... p=2 (l w) then solve for w then write an equation for the area use the quadratic formula to solve for l

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Trent Norton

1 August, 23:34

Jose needs to enclose a rectangular section of his yard. the perimeter of the section is 27 feet, and the area? is 35 square feet ... find the length and width of the selection. let l=length and w-width write and equation for the perimenter ... p=2 (l w) then solve for w then write an equation for the area use the quadratic formula to solve for l

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Abigayle Richard · Answer 1

Perimeter

2l + 2w = 27

l + w = 13.5

Area

l*w = 35

(35 / l) + l = 13.5

35 + l^2 = 13.5l

l^2 - 13.5l + 35 = 0

Using this equation, we can find the length first

then width can be found