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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Could someone help me out? What is the greatest area of a pasture in the shape of a rectangle that can be fenced with 6000 feet of fencing?

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

The perimeter is 6000 ft. The formula for the perimeter is \[P=2w+2l\] We want to maximize the area\[A=w \times l\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so perimeter = 2(1500) + 2 (1500)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to maximize all we have to do is put 1500 into the area formula?

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

yep

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