SOLUTION: 4) John has 300 feet of lumber to frame a rectangular patio (the perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times length plus 2 times width). He wants to maximize the area of his patio (area o

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Question 41704: 4) John has 300 feet of lumber to frame a rectangular patio (the perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times length plus 2 times width). He wants to maximize the area of his patio (area of a rectangle is length times width). What should the dimensions of the patio be, and show how the maximum area of the patio is calculated from the algebraic equation.


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textbook info.
ISBN 0-321-27908-5
TITLE
COLLEGE ALGEBRA BY GARY ROCKSWOLD
3RD EDITION
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You can put this solution on YOUR website!
See the second part of my solution to the following question. That question and your one are similar.
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Rational-functions/Rational-functions.faq.question.39858.html