SOLUTION: A farmer wants to partition a rectangular feed storage area in a corner of his barn. The barn walls form two sides of the stall and the farmer had 50 feet of fence to make the rema
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Question 991263: A farmer wants to partition a rectangular feed storage area in a corner of his barn. The barn walls form two sides of the stall and the farmer had 50 feet of fence to make the remaining two sides. What dimensions will maximize the area?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The maximum area for a rectangle is a square with sides that measure one-fourth of the perimeter. In this case, half of the perimeter is supplied by the barn walls and the other half by the fencing.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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