SOLUTION: A rectangular enclosure must have an area of at least 900yd^2. If 200yd of fencing is to be used, and the width cannot exceed the length, within what limits must the width of the

Question 47898: A rectangular enclosure must have an area of at least 900yd^2. If 200yd of fencing is to be used, and the width cannot exceed the length, within what limits must the width of the enclosure lie?
Answer by pizza(14) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not so easy, this one.
I shall assume you know your algebra, and do not require much explanation.
Otherwise, you have to feedback and I will edit my solution.
First, let us set up the problem.

Let w be the width and l be the length.
Then we have
(1): wl > 900
(2): 2w + 2l = 200

From the second equation, we get l = 100 - w,
which put into the first equation gives w(100-w) > 900
which expands out to
which factorises to be
This implies, hopefully you can see why, that 10 < w < 90.

However, because w < l , we also have that w < 50,
from equation 2, or from l = 100-w.
Therefore, the answer is 10 < w < 50.

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