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A rancher has a rectangular sheep pen that is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. The rancher plans to increase both the length and the width of the pen by x meters so that the new…

A rancher has a rectangular sheep pen that is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. The rancher plans to increase both the length and the width of the pen by x meters so that the new…
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A rancher has a rectangular sheep pen that is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. The rancher plans to increase both the length and the width of the pen by x meters so that the new area of the pen will be 20 square meters?

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User Bunji
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Explanation:

20=3x+2x.

3x+2x=5x,

so

5x=20.

20/5=4, so

4=x

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