SOLUTION: It takes 68 feet of fencing to enclose your garden. According to your calculations, you will need 337 square feet to plant everything you want. 34 − x x are the s

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Hi,

the maximum area you can get with 68 ft of fencing: 

A Square Shaped Area 68/4 = 17ft a side:   A = 289 ft^22

Note:  there is NO real solution to:

  x(34-x) = 337 ft^2

 x^2 - 34x + 337 = 0