A family needs to build fencing around their rectangular
home and square swimming pool, depicted below.
The total amount of fencing they need can be written as
x + 10.
Pool (2x) yd
If x= 5;
The family needs
home.
yards of fencing for their
The family needs
yards of fencing for their
Home
(2 + 5x) yd
pool.
(3 + 10x) yd

Scenario: susan wants to make 2 square flags to sell at a crafts fair. the fabric she wants to buy is 3 meters wide. she doesn't want any fabric left over. what's the least amount of fabric she should buy? question: which equation will susan solve her problem? note: let x represent the length of 1 side of the flag. options: 1) 2x^2 = 4x 2) 8 +2x = 2(4x) 3) 2 * 2 = 4 * 2 4) 4x^2 -2x = 0