Question

farmer ed has 500 metters of fencing and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on the river. if farmer ed does not fence the side along the river . find the length and the width of the plot that will maximize the area. what is the largest area that can be enclosed.

a) the width label x ____ meters
b) the length label 500-2x_____ meters
c) the largest area that can be enclosed is ____ square meters

Answer 1

ok if you do more than one of these, answer is immediate. make half the length 250 the side opposite the river and divide the rest by two to get 125 and 125
area is therefore \(125\times 250\) we can work through the steps if you like

Answer 2

yes please