Q:

A farmer is enclosing a rectangular area for a pigpen. He wants the length of the pen to be 20 ft longer than the width. The farmer can use no more than 100 ft of fencing. What is the pen’s greatest possible length?Let w represent the width of the pen. What expression represents the length?Enter your response in the box.l=

Accepted Solution

A:
2l+2w=100
2(w+20)+2w=100
2w+40+2w=100
4w+40=100
4w=60
w=15
l=w+20
l=15+20
Greatest length is 35ft.