SOLUTION: A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 inches. What length and width should it have so that the area is a maximum?
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Question 384602: A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 inches. What length and width should it have so that the area is a maximum? Answer by rfadrogane(214) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 inches. What length and width should it have so that the area is a maximum?
Sol'n:
the largest rectangle can be form from the given perimeter is a square (this can be derived by using differential calculus)
therefore:
L=W=50/4
L=W=12.5 inches ----answer
