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A college is planning to construct a rectangular parking lot on land bordered on one side by a highway. It has 80 feet of fencing that is to be used to fence off the other three
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A college is planning to construct a rectangular parking lot on land bordered on one side by a highway. It has 80 feet of fencing that is to be used to fence off the other three sides. What should be the dimensions of the lot if the enclosed area is to be a maximum? What is the maximum area?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dimensions x and y;
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The maximum for A occurs exactly between the two roots, so maximum A is at . This means .
This max area .
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