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Scott wants to build a rectangular pen for his animals. One side of the pen will be against the barn; the other three
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Scott wants to build a rectangular pen for his animals. One side of the pen will be against the barn; the other three sides will be enclosed with wire fencing. If Scott has 650 feet of fencing, what dimensions would maximize the area of the pen?
a) Let w be the length of the pen perpendicular to the barn. Write an equation to model the area of the pen in terms of w
Area =
b) What width w would maximize the area?
w =
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A square shape will maximize the area of a rectangle. Cut the fencing into three equal parts. One more part of equal size will be the barn, not needing the available fence material.
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A, for area
w, width
L, length
Assuming 1*L will be against the barn
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, the amount of fence material to form the rectangular enclosure;
, basic formula for area;
Use the fencing equation to find a formula for L.
Substitute for L in the area equation.
OR
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Area A is a function of w. This is a parabolic, or quadratic function, and based on the
features of the equation, you know A has a maximum value...
Do the rest.
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