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Question 1041349: please do help me with this how can you find the dimesions of a rectangle if its area is a maximum and its perimeter is 100
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dimensions x and y;
system%282x%2B2y=100%2C+A=xy%29

system%28x%2By=50%2CA=xy%29

y=50-x
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A=x%2850-x%29
Can you continue this?