SOLUTION: a farmer has 500 feet of fencing with which to build a rectangular livestock pen and wants to enclose the maximum area.

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Question 1187237: a farmer has 500 feet of fencing with which to build a rectangular livestock pen and wants to enclose the maximum area.
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