Question

anthony has 10 ft of framing and wants to use it to make the largest rectangleular picture frame possible. find the maximum area that can be enclosed by his frame

Answer 1

call l=length and w=width. We have two relations, one for the perimeter:\[10=2l+2w\]and one for the area:\[A=lw\]We can express w in terms of l using the perimeter equation:\[w=5-l\]Thus:\[A(l)=l(5-l)\]So minimize the area function with respect to l...good from here?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

k, you're welcome :)

Answer 4

thnks
ur awesome

Answer 5

so my aweser would be 1 ?

Answer 6

never computed it...hang on...on the phone

Answer 7

k

Answer 8

haha

Answer 9

I get a max area of 25/4 which occurs when length=2.5ft and width=2.5ft

Answer 10

not sure where you got 1 from

Answer 11

idk etherir

Answer 12

but anyways thanks man (or girl )