SOLUTION: If someone has 12 km of fencing available, what must dimensions be in order to obtain maximum area?

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Question 906012: If someone has 12 km of fencing available, what must dimensions be in order to obtain maximum area?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you're making a rectangle, it turns out that a square maximizes the area.

So each side needs to be 12/4 = 3 km