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OpenStudy (anonymous):

You have 80 yards of fencing to enclose a rectangular region. Find the dimensions of the rectangle that maximize the enclosed are. What is the maximum area?

OpenStudy (barrycarter):

Hint: let x be one side of the rectangle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then th breadth is 40-x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the area is x(40-x) = 40x-x^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now maximize this wrt x

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