SOLUTION: Farmer Ed has 4,000 meters of fencing, and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river. If Farmer Ed does not fence the side along the river, what is the largest ar
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Question 949602: Farmer Ed has 4,000 meters of fencing, and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river. If Farmer Ed does not fence the side along the river, what is the largest area that can be enclosed? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The greatest enclosed area with a given perimeter is a square, and since only 3 sides need be enclosed, each side would be 1/3 of the fencing, so each side would be 4000 m/3=1333.33 meters, the area enclosed =
