SOLUTION: Can you help me solve: A rectangular pen is made with 100 m of fencing on three sides. The fourth side is a stone wall. Find the greatest possible area of such an enclosure.

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: Can you help me solve: A rectangular pen is made with 100 m of fencing on three sides. The fourth side is a stone wall. Find the greatest possible area of such an enclosure. This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry Structure and Method

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THE LARGEST AREA FOR FENCING IS A SQUARE. THEREFORE THE FENCING NEEDS TO BE DIVIDED BY 3 BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 3 SIDES, THE WALL BEING THE FOURTH SIDE.
100/3=33.3 m