A farmer builds a fence to enclose a rectangular pasture. he uses 155 feet of fence. find the total area of the pasture if it is 45.5 feet long

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Natalia Holder

4 February, 17:40

A farmer builds a fence to enclose a rectangular pasture. he uses 155 feet of fence. find the total area of the pasture if it is 45.5 feet long

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Meredith James · Answer 1

To build a fence is perimeter so 45.5 x 2 = 91

155 - 91 = 64

Since that is still two sides you divide 64 by 2 and get 32.

Then area is l x w so 32 x 45.5 = 1456