document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1126375>Question 1126375</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has 90 meters of fencing and would like to use the fencing to create a rectangular garden in the middle of an open field. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let l represent the varying length of the rectangular garden (in meters) and let A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "represent the area of the garden (in square meters).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)Write a formula that expresses A in terms of l.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)What is the maximum area of the garden?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)What is the length and width of the garden configuration that produces the maximum area?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)What if the farmer instead had 250 meters of fencing to create the garden. What is the length and width of the garden configuration that produces the maximum area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A farmer has 90 meters of fencing and would like to use the fencing to create a rectangular garden in the middle of an open field. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let l represent the varying length of the rectangular garden (in meters) and let A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "represent the area of the garden (in square meters).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A)Write a formula that expresses A in terms of l.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)What is the maximum area of the garden?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use \"L\" for \"length\", not \"l\".  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can choose w for width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90 meters of fence material.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If all 90 meters will be used, then   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2L%2B2w=90%7D%7D.%0D%0ASame+as++%7B%7B%7BL%2Bw=45 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2L%2B2w=90%7D%7D.%0D%0ASame+as++%7B%7B%7BL%2Bw=45\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If A is variable for area, then <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( "Substitute for w.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28A=L%2845-L%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28A=L%2845-L%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "OR<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maximum area will be for a square shape.  Each dimension of the rectangular (SQUARE) garden is  22.5 meters. </SPAN>\n" );
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