Problem
2013 Fermat Problem 21
A farmer has a rectangular field with width 45 metres. He divides the field into smaller rectangular animal enclosures in three different sizes, as shown.
Each enclosure labelled A_1 has the same dimensions. Also, the area of the enclosure labelled A_2 is 4 times the area of A_1, and the area of the enclosure labelled A_3 is 5 times the area of A_1. The lines in the diagram represent fences. The total length of all the fences is 360 metres. The area of A_1, in square metres, is closest to
\textbf{(A)}\ 143.4\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 150.0\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 175.2\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 162.7\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 405.0
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