document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=79676>Question 79676</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can anyone make any sense out of this problem?   I don't understand at all the statements about calculus and/or how it would even look or where I would even begin.   Any suggestions?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter = 2L +2W = 400 or L+W = 200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area = LW so if you substitute for L you get (200-W)W = A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or A = 200W -W^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you're allowed to use calculus, you can show easily that the maximum<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area occurs when W = 100 which, of course, means that L = 100 and you have a square plot.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you can't use calculus, you can simply put in a value for W, calculate A, and keep trying until you find the maximum value for A. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #57170 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=57170\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you aren't allowed to use calculus, then you can simply graph the function\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-100%2C+200%2C+-1000%2C+10000%2C+200x-x%5E2+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-100%2C+200%2C+-1000%2C+10000%2C+200x-x%5E2+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now just use your calculator to find the maximum of the function, which turns out to be at the point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(100,10000)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the maximum area is 10,000 square units where the width is 100 units </SPAN>\n" );
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