SOLUTION: A carpenter is building a rectangular room with a fixed perimeter of 272ft. What dimensions sould yield the maximum area? What is the maximum area?
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Question 426452: A carpenter is building a rectangular room with a fixed perimeter of 272ft. What dimensions sould yield the maximum area? What is the maximum area?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Max area is of a square.
s = 272/4 = 68 ft sides
Area = 68^2 = 4624 sq ft
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It can be proven that a square is max area if necessary.
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