SOLUTION: If you have 188 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. What is the maximum area? Thanks for the help!!!!!

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Question 80087: If you have 188 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. What is the maximum area? Thanks for the help!!!!!
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter= 188 ft.
length + width = 94 ft.
Let one of the dimensions be "x"
Let the other demension be "94-x"
Multiply the two dimensions to get an expression for the Area.
It will be a quadratic equation.
Find the value of "x" that maximizes the Area expression.
The x should be 47 ft.
Cheers,
Stan H.