A farmer needs to enclose three sides of a pasture with a fence (the fourth side is a cliff wall).
The farmer has 33 meters of fence and wants the pasture to have an area of 135 sq-meters.
What should the dimensions of the pasture be? (For the purpose of this problem, the width will be the smaller dimension (needing two sides); the length with be the longer dimension (needing one side). Additionally, the length should be as long as possible.)
length = meters
width = meters
Enter your answers as numbers. If necessary, round to the nearest hundredths.
length = meters
width = meters
Enter your answers as numbers. If necessary, round to the nearest hundredths.
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