document.write( "Question 1138949: Diana has available 400 yards of fencing and wishes to enclose a rectangular area.
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document.write( "(a) Express the area A of the rectangle as a function of the width W of the rectangle.
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document.write( "(b) For what value of W is the area largest?
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document.write( "(c) What is the maximum area? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #756746 by ikleyn(52835)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " The post by @boreal represents the solution in a very inaccurately way, and is incorrect in many places.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " I came to bring the correct solution.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "sides are x and 200-x (where 200 = 400/2 is half of the perimeter)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The area is x(200-x) = -x^2 + 200x\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "the vertex for this quadratic is a maximum and will have x value of \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " -b/2a = (-200)/(-2) = 100 yds\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The maximum area for this 100*100 SQUARE (!) is 10000 yds^2.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The formula for the area is = -W^2 + 200*W for W= width.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "----------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The answer is very well known fact: under given condition, the maximum area is provided by the square, \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and when the perimeter of a rectangle is given (= the fence length), the side of this square is one fourth of the perimeter.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See the lesson \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - A rectangle with a given perimeter which has the maximal area is a square\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - A farmer planning to fence a rectangular garden to enclose the maximal area\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in this site.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "On finding the maximum/minimum of a quadratic function see the lessons\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - HOW TO complete the square to find the minimum/maximum of a quadratic function\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - Briefly on finding the minimum/maximum of a quadratic function\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - HOW TO complete the square to find the vertex of a parabola\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - Briefly on finding the vertex of a parabola\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the topic \"Finding minimum/maximum of quadratic functions\". \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Save the link to this online textbook together with its description\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I \n" ); document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to your archive and use it when it is needed.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |