document.write( "Question 973099: A problem on my math homework really gave me a hard time trying to understand it because it didnt make any sense to me... this is the question..
\n" ); document.write( "\"Suppose you want to enclose a garden with 26 m of fencing. If the back of the garden is enclosed by a stone wall, 20 m long, what size rectangle would maximize the area of the garden?\"
\n" ); document.write( "i tried to draw a picture, but it just doesnt make any sense...unless i am making a mistake with my diagram, at first i thought it could be a \"20x3\" rectangle but im not sure how i did that, could you please explain this to me.. thanks! \n" ); document.write( "
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\"Suppose you want to enclose a garden with 26 m of fencing. If the back of the garden is enclosed by a stone wall, 20 m long, what size rectangle would maximize the area of the garden?\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the wall; label it 20 m
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw the other three sides of the rectangle.
\n" ); document.write( "The length is 20 m
\n" ); document.write( "That leaves you with 6 m of fencing for the two ends.
\n" ); document.write( "The width must be 3 m
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\n" ); document.write( "Ans: Assuming that 20m wall is the width of the garden,
\n" ); document.write( "the rectangle must be 20m by 3m.
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\n" ); document.write( "Note: That is not a maximizing problem.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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