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a farmer needs to enclose three sides of a garden with a fence (the fourth side is a river). the farmer has 47 meters of fence and wants the garden to have an area of 266 sq-meters. what should the dimensions of the garden be?

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The dimensions of the garden would be length = 28 meters and width = 9.5 meters.

What are quadratic equations?

A quadratic equation in math is a second-degree equation of the form ax² + bx + c = 0. Here a, and b, are the coefficients, c is the constant term, and x is the variable. Since the variable x is of the second degree, there are two roots or answers for this quadratic equation.

Let the width be = w

Let the length be = L

enclose three side ( 2w+L) = 47 meter

L = 47-2w

Area of field = w*L

Area = w(47 - 2w)

266  = 47w - 2w²

2w² - 47w + 266 = 0

Solving this, we get

w = 14 or w = 9.5

The width should be less than the length so w = 9.5
Length = 47 - 2(9.5)

            = 47 - 19

            = 28 meters.

Hence, the dimensions of the garden would be length = 28 meters and width = 9.5 meters.

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