document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=996123>Question 996123</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A landowner wishes to use 3 miles of fencing to enclose an isosceles triangular region of as large an area as possible. What should be the lengths of the sides of the triangle? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the length of the base of the triangle. Write the area as a function of x. [First write the length of the equal-length sides in terms of the base, x, then write the height of the triangle in terms of the base.] <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length of base = _____ miles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length of the other two (equal-length) sides = ______ miles each <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should be able to finish that. </SPAN>\n" );
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