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A farmer has 40 m of fencing material. He wants to enclose a rectangular plot of land using an existing wall as one side of the plot. If the area of the plot is 200 m², what are the dimensions of the plot?

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  • A10 m x 20 m
  • B5 m x 40 m
  • C25 m x 8 m
  • D15 m x 13.33 m
Explanation

Let the length parallel to the wall be x and the other two sides be y. The total fencing used is x+2y=40. The area is xy=200. From x+2y=40, we get x=40-2y. Substituting into the area equation: (40-2y)y = 200. This simplifies to 2y² - 40y + 200 = 0, or y² - 20y + 100 = 0. Factoring gives (y-10)² = 0, so y=10. Then x = 40 - 2(10) = 20. The dimensions are 10 m by 20 m.

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