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4.2 Exercise 24

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Translate to a system of equations and then solve:

Alexis wants to build a rectangular dog run in her yard adjacent to her neighbor’s fence. She will use 136 feet of fencing to completely enclose the rectangular dog run. The length of the dog run along the neighbor’s fence will be 16 feet less than twice the width. Find the length and width of the dog run.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 4.2 Solve Applications with Systems of Equations, exercise 24

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