4. Chris is building a rectangular pen along the side of a hay barn with the barn serving as one side of the pen. Chris has 50 feet of fencing and wants the pen to be 255 square feet. What possible dimensions can Chris make the pen?

4. Chris is building a rectangular pen along the side of a hay barn with the barn serving as one side of the pen. Chris has 50 feet of fencing and wants the pen to be 255 square feet. What possible dimensions can Chris make the pen?

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the barn serving as one side of the pen. Chris has 50 feet of fencing and
wants the pen to be 255 square feet. What possible dimensions can Chris
make the pen?

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