Suppose Sue Has 50 Ft of Fencing with Which She

Essay

Suppose Sue has 50 ft of fencing with which she can build a rectangular dog run. Let x represent the length of the dog run and let y represent the width.
a. Write an inequality representing the fact that the total perimeter of the dog run is at most 70 ft.
b. Sketch part of the solution set for this inequality that represents all possible values for the length and width of the dog run. (Hint: Note that both the length and the width must be positive.)