Jill has 120 feet of fencing to use for her horse paddock. To increase the area she can enclose, she plans on using the side of the barn as one side of her paddock as shown below. Determine which equation can be used to find the dimensions of the horse paddock when the area is 1,800 square feet. Let x represent the width of the paddock.

Jill has 120 feet of fencing to use for her horse paddock To increase the area she can enclose she plans on using the side of the barn as one side of her paddoc class=

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Answer:

D) -2x²+120=1800

Step-by-step explanation:

area=l*w

the area is 1800 (given)

the length is x (given)

the width would be 120-2x (120 feet of fencing minus the two lengths)

SO

1800=(x)(120-2x)

1800=120x-2x²

1800=-2x²+120

-2x²+120=1800

So the answer is D