SOLUTION: a farmer decides to enclose a rectangular garden, using the side of a barn as one side of the rectangle. What is the maximum area that the farmer can enclose with 80ft of fence? Wh

Question 183216: a farmer decides to enclose a rectangular garden, using the side of a barn as one side of the rectangle. What is the maximum area that the farmer can enclose with 80ft of fence? What should the dimensions of the garden be to give this area?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A square gives the largest area for a rectangle.
Let each side be 80/3 ft.
The area=(80/3)^2=6400/9 ft^2
Dimensions of garden are a square with 80/3 ft sides.
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Ed
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