document.write( "Question 1180587: find the dimensions and maximum area of a rectangle if its perimeter is 40 centimeters\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #810295 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the length =\"x\" and the width =\"y\" then the perimeter
\n" ); document.write( "\"P=40\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P=2x%2B2y=40\"
\n" ); document.write( "→\"x%2By=20\"
\n" ); document.write( "→\"y=20-x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "As for the area A
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=x%2Ay\".........substitute \"y\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=x%2820-x%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=20x-x%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And we have to find an extreme for that
\n" ); document.write( "\"A\"'=\"20-2x\" by setting the derivative to =\"0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"20x-2x=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2810-x%29x=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=10cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "→\"y=20-x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=10cm\"\r
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