Mr. Bigelow's garden is a rectangle with dimensions x feet long by y feet wide. It's perimeter is 70 feet.

a. Write a function to represent the perimeter of his garden?

b. What are the x - and y - intercepts of the function?

c. Does either intercept make sense as a solution for this situation? Explain.

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Sebastian Huang

Mathematics

30 July, 19:48

Mr. Bigelow's garden is a rectangle with dimensions x feet long by y feet wide. It's perimeter is 70 feet.

a. Write a function to represent the perimeter of his garden?

b. What are the x - and y - intercepts of the function?

c. Does either intercept make sense as a solution for this situation? Explain.

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Sage Christensen · Answer 1

A) 2x + 2y = 70

b) y-intercept is 35.

x-intercept is 35.

c) No, because at each intercept, the other coordinate is 0. You cannot have a length of 0 when referring to s rectangular garden (this would be a straight line).

i. e. (35,0) and (0,35)