SOLUTION: A homeowner has 80 feet of chain-link fencing to be used to construct a pen adjacent to a house. Determin the dimensions of the pen that will make the area maximum. What is the m
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Question 353119: A homeowner has 80 feet of chain-link fencing to be used to construct a pen adjacent to a house. Determin the dimensions of the pen that will make the area maximum. What is the maximum area?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
take total amout of fence divide by 4 if the pen is square/rectangle so then 20X20=400sqft
but
if you make a circle with the fence the pen will have 509.2958 sqft
with a diameter of 25.4648 ft
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