document.write( "Question 1066265: I have 24 feet of fencing with which to build a rectangular rabbit pen to keep rabbits.
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document.write( "A rectangle with the fixed perimeter which has the maximal area is a square.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, for the first case (24 feet of fencing) the maximal area is provided by a square with the side measure \r\n" );
document.write( "           of  = 6 ft and the area of 36 ft^2. \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the second case (16 feet fencing) the maximal area is provided by a square with the side measure \r\n" );
document.write( "          of  = 4 ft and the area of 16 ft^2. \r\n" );
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document.write( "For the third case/question, take the length of the fencing, divide it by 4 and get the side measure \r\n" );
document.write( "          of the square, which will give you the maximal area.\r\n" );
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