Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her
rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 feet unfenced. If
the yard has an area of 680 square feet, how many feet of
fencing does she need?

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 fee..

Answer / sunil

area of rectangle is given by length*breadth
area is given as 680
if one side is 20 than
area 0f rectangle=l*b
680=20*b
b=680/20=34
so if three sides are fenced than total fencing will be
2*34+20=88

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 fee..

Answer / sowmya

answer is 88 ft bcoz she wants leave a side of 20 feet unfenced

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 fee..

Answer / madhu

88 feet

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 fee..

Answer / janaki

Let one side be A and the other B
If A=20 ft
B=?
A*B=680 =>B=680/20=34ft
Hence fence required is :
34+20+34+20=108ft

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Susan wants to put up fencing around three sides of her rectangular yard and leave a side of 20 fee..

Answer / archana reddy

320 feet

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 18 No

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