SOLUTION: How do you solve the following problem: Jeffery has 48 feet of fencing to make a rectangle dg pen. If a houses used for one side of the pen, what would the length and width for ma

Question 433992: How do you solve the following problem:
Jeffery has 48 feet of fencing to make a rectangle dg pen. If a houses used for one side of the pen, what would the length and width for maximum area?
Answer by shree840(260) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
rectangle with perimeter of 48
46 and 2 sides 23 and 1
44 and 4 22 and 2
42 and 6 21 and 3
40 and 8 20 4
38 10 19 5
36 12 18 6
34 14 17 7
32 16
30 18
28 20
26 22
24 24 12 12
always a sq will give the maximum area. ANS

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