Abackyard's fencing in length is five times its width. Ifthe fenoc'o length io decreasing 2 inchco per minute, what rate io the width changing? When the area is 20 sqr in., what is the rate the area is changing?

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Abackyard's fencing in length is five times its width.
Ifthe fenec'o length io deercasing 2 inches per minute, what rate is the width
changing? When the area is 20 sqr in., what is the rate the area is changing?
Transcribed Image Text:Abackyard's fencing in length is five times its width. Ifthe fenec'o length io deercasing 2 inches per minute, what rate is the width changing? When the area is 20 sqr in., what is the rate the area is changing?
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A backyard's fencing length is five times its width.

Fencing length is decreasing 2 inches/ minutes

To find what ratio its width is chnaging.

When the area is 20 sqr in, then find what rate the area is changing.

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