SOLUTION: benjamin is building a play pen against his living room wall for his baby brother. the play pen will be bordered only on one side. benjamin wants to maximize the area for his littl
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Question 1039094: benjamin is building a play pen against his living room wall for his baby brother. the play pen will be bordered only on one side. benjamin wants to maximize the area for his little brother to play in, but he only has 580 cm of material to use in building it.what is the maximum area the play pen can be?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That is a pretty poor description of the problem. What do you mean "bordered on only one side"?
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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