Justin wants to use 188 ft of fencing to fence off the greatest possible rectangular area for a garden. What dimensions should he use? What will be the area of the garden?
A. 89 ´ 99 ; 8811 ft
B. 92 ´ 96 ; 8832 ft
C. 94 ´ 94 ; 8836 ft
D. 93 ´ 95 ; 8835 ft

Question

Justin wants to use 188 ft of fencing to fence off the greatest possible rectangular area for a garden. What dimensions should he use? What will be the area of the garden?
	A. 89 ´ 99 ; 8811 ft 	
	B. 92 ´ 96 ; 8832 ft 	
	C. 94 ´ 94 ; 8836 ft 	
	D. 93 ´ 95 ; 8835 ft

anonymous · Answer

Well, it looks like you've just figured it out :/

across · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

nop

anonymous · Answer

Quick hint: For all area optimization problems involving rectangles and varieties of rectangles, the optimization is ALWAYS a square.

anonymous · Answer

IE: Given a finite amount of material, the largest area it will enclose is always a square.

anonymous · Answer

(C)

anonymous · Answer

Yes, that'd be correct. I say you already solved it, because the areas are already there on the right. Just find the largest one

anonymous · Answer

94^2

anonymous · Answer

The derivation of this would probably be helpful. Calculus?

anonymous · Answer

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