SOLUTION: A farmer has 2400 ft of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a straight river. He does not need a fence along the river . What are the dimensions of the

Question 1044683: A farmer has 2400 ft of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a straight river. He does not need a fence along the river . What are the dimensions of the largest area that he can fence?
a. Find a function that models the area of the field in terms of one of its sides.
b. Experiment with the problem by drawing several diagrams illustrating the situation. Calculate the area of each configuration, and use your results to estimate the dimensions of the largest possible field.
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