SOLUTION: A carpenter is building a rectangle room with a fixed perimeter of 164 ft. What dimensions would yield the maximum area? What is the maximum area?

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Question 329427: A carpenter is building a rectangle room with a fixed perimeter of 164 ft. What dimensions would yield the maximum area?
What is the maximum area?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The square maximizes the area for a given perimeter (if you need the derivation, see question 329416).


sq.ft.

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