SOLUTION: You have 164 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. Write an area equation in terms of width w . Find the dimensions of the rectangle that maximizes the enclosed area.

Question 1058725: You have 164 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. Write an area equation in terms of width w . Find the dimensions of the rectangle that maximizes the enclosed area.
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You have 164 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. Write an area equation in terms of width w.
Find the dimensions of the rectangle that maximizes the enclosed area.
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If the width is "w", then the length is = 82 - w,
and the area is A = (82-w)*w.

A rectangle having the maximal area at given perimeter is a square with the side equal to of the perimeter.
= 41 feet in this case.

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