document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197882>Question 1197882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. Reyes wants to enclose the rectangular parking lot beside his house by putting a wire fence on the three sides. If the total length of the wire is 20 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "meters, find the dimension of the parking lot that will enclose a maximum area\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. if we let w be the width and 1 be the length, what is the expression for the sum of the measures of the three sides of the parking lot?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. What is the length of the rectangle in terms of the width?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. Express the area (A) of the parking lot in terms of the width.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. Fill up the table by having the corresponding areas (A) given w.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5. What have you observed about the area (A) in relation to the width (w)? What happens to area as the measure of the width increases?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6. What is the dependent variable? Independent variable? Explain your answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7. From the table of values, plot the points and connect them using a smooth curve?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. if we let w be the width and 1 be the length, what is the expression for the sum of the measures of the three sides of the parking lot?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Something is not well chosen.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If w is the size of the two opposite wire fence sides, then the other dimension is 20-2w.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of enclosed region is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w%2820-2w%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w%2820-2w%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A for area<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The zeros for A are at  w=0  and  at 20-2w=0 or 10-w=0  or  w=10,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the maximum for A would be exactly in the middle:  or at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28w=5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28w=5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe you can work with the rest.<BR>\n" );
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