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1. (20 points) A rectangular pen for a herd of sheep is being created whose length is two less than three times it's width. The area of the pen is 65 ft². (a) Create a sketch of the pen and define variables for the length and width. (b) Set up two equations involving these variables. (c) Find the dimensions of the pen by solving for the length and width of the pen using the two equations you set up from (b). Do not simply guess and check.

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