SOLUTION: A farmer has 1832 feet of fencing available to enclose a rectangular area bordering a river. No fencing is required along the river. Let x represent the length of the fence that is
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Question 1135913:  A farmer has 1832 feet of fencing available to enclose a rectangular area bordering a river. No fencing is required along the river. Let x represent the length of the fence that is parallel to the river. Complete parts a. through c.
	
	
A rectangular area borders a river on one of its horizontal sides and has its other horizontal side labeled as x
x
River
a. Create a function, A(x), that describes the total area of the rectangular enclosure as a function of x, where x is the length of the rectangular enclosure that is parallel to the river. 
Found 2 solutions by  josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A farmer has 1832 feet of fencing available to enclose a rectangular area bordering a river. No fencing is required along the river. Let x represent the length of the fence that is parallel to the river.
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x, the length along the river
, the other dimension of the enclosed area along the river
A(x), the area function 
 
Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson
    - A farmer planning to fence a rectangular area along the river to enclose the maximal area
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The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the topic "Finding minimum/maximum of quadratic functions". 
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