Question

A fenced pasture has a central rectangular corral within it that measures 8m by 5m.
The total area of the fenced pasture (outside the corral) is three times the area of the central corral.
What is the area of the central corral?.
If the width of the pasture border is the same for each side of the central corral,
what is the width of the border?
Draw a labeled picture, use let statements and show your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

fenced pasture has a central rectangular corral within it that measures 8m by 5m.

The total area of the fenced pasture (outside the corral) is three times the area of the central corral.fenced pasture has a central rectangular corral within it that measures 8m by 5m.

The total area of the fenced pasture (outside the corral) is three times the area of the central corral.fenced pasture has a central rectangular corral within it that measures 8m by 5m.

The total area of the fenced pasture (outside the corral) is three times the area of the central corral.