A Farmer Needs to Fence a Rectangular Piece of Land

question 30

Multiple Choice

A farmer needs to fence a rectangular piece of land. She wants the length of the field to be 80 feet longer than the width. If she has 1160 feet of fencing material, what should be the length and the width of the field? ​

• A) length = 330 feet; width = 250 feet
• B) length = 280 feet; width = 200 feet
• C) length = 380 feet; width = 300 feet
• D) length = 430 feet; width = 350 feet
• E) length = 230 feet; width = 150 feet

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