SOLUTION: If someone has 12 km of fencing available, what must dimensions be in order to obtain maximum area?
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Question 906012: If someone has 12 km of fencing available, what must dimensions be in order to obtain maximum area?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you're making a rectangle, it turns out that a square maximizes the area.
So each side needs to be 12/4 = 3 km
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