SOLUTION: "If eighteen meters of fencing are required to enclose a rectangular garden, what is the area of the garden as a function of the length of one side?" How would I acheive the answe

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Question 399789: "If eighteen meters of fencing are required to enclose a rectangular garden, what is the area of the garden as a function of the length of one side?"
How would I acheive the answer ?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

you can express the of a rectangle as a function of the length of one side like:


Your perimeter is , so ...you can divide both sides by

....solve for

...plug it in





...or



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