SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 yards. What are the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum area?

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Question 1059334: The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 yards. What are the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum area?
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The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 yards. What are the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum area?
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12, 12, 12 and 12 yards.

The rectangle with the given perimeter that has maximal area is a square.


See the lesson
    - A rectangle with a given perimeter which has the maximal area is a square
in this site.

See also the lessons associated with it.


Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the topic "Finding minimum/maximum of quadratic functions".