by Heptune May 11, 2005
by Heptune May 11, 2005
by Heptune May 11, 2005
by Heptune May 11, 2005
by Heptune May 11, 2005
by Heptune May 11, 2005
(n) A common type of math word problem, usually a simple algebra problem involving lengths of fencing.
This is an example of a farmer brown:
Farmer Brown wants to fence off a rectangular pen using the side of his barn as one side of the pen. If the barn is 300 feet long, and Farmer Brown has 1200 feet of fencing material, what are the lengths of the other sides and what is the area enclosed?
Farmer Brown wants to fence off a rectangular pen using the side of his barn as one side of the pen. If the barn is 300 feet long, and Farmer Brown has 1200 feet of fencing material, what are the lengths of the other sides and what is the area enclosed?
by Heptune May 11, 2005