document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=121029>Question 121029</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Old MacDonald wants to build a rectangular pen for his animals. He has 40 m of fencing and he plans to use the barn as one side for his pen. What dimensions will give him a maximum area? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "IT SEEMS THAT A 10 BY 20 BY 10 RECTANGULAR PEN GIVES AN AREA OF 10*20=200 M^2 WHICH IS THE MAX AREA. I OVERLOOKED THE WORD RECTANGULAR BECAUSE A SQUARE IS A SPECIAL RECTANGLE.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A SQUARE IS THE MAXIMUM AREA WITH A MINIMUM PERIMETER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOWEVER YOU ONLY NEED 3 SIDES OF FENCE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS YOU NEED TO DIVIDE YOUR FENCING BY 3 TO GET THE SQUARE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40/3=13.333 M IS THE LENGTH OF THE EACH SIDE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THIS GIVES AN AREA OF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13.333*13.333=177.769 M^2. </SPAN>\n" );
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