SOLUTION: I need help on this word problem below. I am terrible at word problems and I have no idea what I am doing. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you Joe has 2500 feet

Question 1144379: I need help on this word problem below. I am terrible at word problems and I have no idea what I am doing. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Joe has 2500 feet of fencing available to enclose a rectangular field. One side of the field lies along a river (no fencing is needed here). For what value of x is the area the largest if you let x represent the length of the side parallel to the river?
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