SOLUTION: Jesse is planning avgarden. She has 24 feet of fencing to use and plans to use the garage as one side of the garden. If the garden will be rectangular in shape, what is the area of

Question 411818: Jesse is planning avgarden. She has 24 feet of fencing to use and plans to use the garage as one side of the garden. If the garden will be rectangular in shape, what is the area of the largest garden jesse can build? If she wants to maximize the area is this the best design? Explain your answer.
Answer by shree840(260) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The largest area is given by a square design
let us analyse
perimeter is 24
each side 6ft
we can have width 1 length 11 area 11
width 2 length 10 area 20
3 lenght 9 area 27
4 length 8 area 32
5 lenght 7 area 35
6 lenght 6 area 36
we do not need to go further as width 5 lenght 7 will be above also
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