Bubba, a Farmer, Wants to Build a Pen Using the 20

question 141

Multiple Choice

Bubba, a farmer, wants to build a pen using the 20 ft 40 ft corner of his barn as part of the pen as shown in the figure below (the corner will not require any fencing) . If Bubba has 128 ft of available fencing, then what will be the maximum area?

• A) 2209 square feet
• B) 1764 square feet
• C) 1369 square feet
• D) 1024 square feet

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Definitions:

Method of Substitution

A technique for solving systems of equations where one of the equations is solved for one variable in terms of the others, and then substituted into the other equation(s).

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System of Equations

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\(n + 2\)

Represents an algebraic expression in which 2 is added to a variable n.