document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=760907>Question 760907</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular area of 2,000 square feet is to be fenced on three sides with fence costing $0.30 per foot and on the fourth side with fence costing $0.50 per foot. If x denotes the length of the fourth side and C = f(x) denotes the corresponding cost of the fence in cents. Give the domain of the function.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #462950 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=462950\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The only constraint given is that the area fenced should be 2000 square feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If this is not supposed to be realistic, x could be any positive real number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the domain would be all the positive real numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It could be x=2000 feet, and then you would be fencing an area 1 foot by 2000 feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We could make x=20,000 feet long and the fenced area width would be 0.1 foot=1.2 inches.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the width gets more ridiculously small, x could get as large as we want. </SPAN>\n" );
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