SOLUTION: elliot has 32 yards of fencing. He wants to fence in a garden that is 6 yards wide. What is he largest rectangle he could make?

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Question 728162: elliot has 32 yards of fencing. He wants to fence in a garden that is 6 yards wide. What is he largest rectangle he could make?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is only a matter of accounting for perimeter, which must be 32 yards.
Let the unknown length be p. 2%2A6%2B2%2Ap=32. Solving simply for p,
2p=32-12
2p=20
p=10

The rectangular garden would be 6 by 10 yards.