A farmer builds a fence for his chickens in the shape of a pentagon, as shown. Each of the 5 sides has equal
length, but the fence along the highway costs twice as
much as any one of the other 4 sides. If the total cost
of fencing was $1800, how much did the highway
fence cost?

answers

\3. yes the presentation (i.e. odd numbers being written as differences of two squares) is possible for all odd natural number however the presentation may not be unique. for example,  57=112−82=292−28257=112−82=292−282.

\4. 2 can't be written as a difference of two squares because 4-1=3 and 1-1=0 and the difference of squares grows to integers larger that 3.

can i get some in proving questions 1 and 2?

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step-by-step explanation:

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there are many, many solutions to this problem.

here are 5 examples:

7555531, 7+5+5+5+5+3+1 = 31

7155553, 7+1+5+5+5+5+3 = 31

7735531, 7+7+3+5+5+3+1 = 31

7375531, 7+3+7+5+5+3+1 = 31

7335931, 7+3+3+5+9+3+1 = 31