Your family has left you a 40 acre plot of land.
It currently has a house, barn (small animals), a cow barn and a Silo.
You would like to add animals to the farm; the animals must be fenced in and be separated.
1. Determine the necessary amount of fence in order to fence in the entire property.
2. You want to have cows and pigs the number of pigs must be greater than the number of cows. You may not use more than 20 acres for animals. You must have fencing for each of the animals. The two areas can not touch. Prior to fencing in your lot you where allotted 4,000 linear yards of fencing.
a. You are allowed to have 1-2 cows per five acres of land.
i. Determine how many cows you want.
ii. Determine how much land is necessary.
iii. Where you want the cows to graze. Draw the dimensions on the grid.
iv. How much additional fencing is needed?
v. Show all work, and explain why you chose where you placed the cows area.
b. You are allowed to have 7-10 pigs per one acre of land.
i. Determine how many pigs you want.
ii. Determine how much land is necessary.
iii. Where you want the pigs to graze. Draw the dimensions on the grid.
iv. How much additional fencing is needed
v. Show all work, and explain why you chose where you placed the pigs area
3. How many total yards of fencing did you use?
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