A rectangular dog pen is constructed using a barn wall as one side and 60 m of fencing for the other three sides. Find the dimensions of the pen that give the greatest area.

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karatechopper · Answer

x(60-2x)=?

karatechopper · Answer

I have to use a graphing calculator for this.

shamil98 · Answer

yeah, x(60-2x)

karatechopper · Answer

Right, do i plug that into the calculator and graph it?

nottim · Answer

use wabbit emu, if you need a free legal one

karatechopper · Answer

I have a TI-83 emu on my laptop.

nottim · Answer

oh god is this calc? wait, calc would make it easier, wouldn't it?

karatechopper · Answer

Nope, Algebra 2.

shamil98 · Answer

30 and 15
maximum area is 450
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