document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1009099>Question 1009099</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mike has 400 yards of net and wants to enclose a rectangular area. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.  Express area of A as a function of the width (w).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400=2(w+1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. For what value of w is the area the largest?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. What is the maximum area?<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 #624640 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=624640\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> w and L, the dimensions, and perimeter is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2w%2B2L=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2w%2B2L=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Simplify this!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w%2BL=200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w%2BL=200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area is wL, and naming area as a function, you may choose A.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=wL ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=wL\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to be more specific for which is the input variable for A.  Look at the simplified perimeter equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w=200-L ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w=200-L\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  or  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=200-w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=200-w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Choose one and work with it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One way, A as a function of w;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and using this in this factored form will be convenient.  This A(w) is a parabola with vertex as a maximum point.  The vertex occurs in the exact middle of the roots or zeros, using w as the horizontal axis values. </SPAN>\n" );
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