Jelani's family is putting up a fence around their yard shown in the diagram below. They don't need to fence the wall of the house that is against the yard. They need …

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Satish Bellapu · Answer 1 · 2020-11-29T23:20:07+0000

Answer:

The length of the yard is
$48\ ft$

Explanation:

we know that

The perimeter of the yard required to be fenced is equal to

$P=(5x+8)+2(3x-1)+2(x-2)\\P=13x+2$

$P=106\ ft$

so

106=13x+2

solve for x

13x=106-2

13x=104

$x=104/13=8\ ft$

Find the length of the yard

$5x+8=5(8)+8=48\ ft$