document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1172917>Question 1172917</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Officer Mark has 300 m of yellow tape to seal off the area of a crime scene. Using the tape, he must divide the area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "into four identical rectangular sections, side by side. What dimensions of the crime scene will maximize the area?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the maximum area that can be enclosed?\r<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 #798334 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=798334\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> draw this.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the width is y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the whole rectangle is xy. The perimeter is 2x+2y=300 or x+y=150, so y=150-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area of each of the rectangles is x(1/4)y, and this is x(37.5)-x^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This quadratic is maximized when x=-b/2a=-37.5/-2 or x=18.75 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means that 4 of them are 75 feet and the area of the whole rectangle is 75 ft*75 ft=5625 ft^2.  It is a square.  \r<BR>\n" );
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