SOLUTION: Can you please help me solve: A parking lot is to be formed by fencing in a rectangular plot of land except for an entrance 12 m wide along one of the sides. Find the demensions of

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: Can you please help me solve: A parking lot is to be formed by fencing in a rectangular plot of land except for an entrance 12 m wide along one of the sides. Find the demensions of the lot of greatest area if 300 m of fencing is to be used. This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry Structure and Method

Answer by checkley75(3666)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THE ENCLOSURE IS A TOTAL OF 300+12=312 SQ M.
IF WE TAKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF 312 (BECAUSE THE LARGEST AREA IS A SQUARE)
SQRT312=17.77 A SQUARE AREA WITH 17.77 M. ON A SIDE.

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