SOLUTION: A rancher wants to build a rectangular pen with an area of 100 m. (a) Find a function that models the length of fencing required. (b) Find the pen dimensions that require the mi

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Question 1184717: A rancher wants to build a rectangular pen with an area of 100 m.
(a) Find a function that models the length of fencing required.
(b) Find the pen dimensions that require the minimum amount of fencing.

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A rancher wants to build a rectangular pen with an area of  100  cross%28m%29   m^2.
(a) Find a function that models the length of fencing required.
(b) Find the pen dimensions that require the minimum amount of fencing.
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See the solution in the lesson
    - Calculus optimization problems for shapes in 2D plane,   Problem 4
in this site.

The answer is:   the pen should be a square with the side length of  10  meters.