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Question 329427: A carpenter is building a rectangle room with a fixed perimeter of 164 ft. What dimensions would yield the maximum area?
What is the maximum area?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The square maximizes the area for a given perimeter (if you need the derivation, see question 329416).
4s=164
s=41
Amax=s%5E2=%2841%29%5E2=1681 sq.ft.