Help please!
A farmer has 120 feet of fencing available to build a rectangular pen for her pygmy goats. She wants to give them as much room as possible to run. What are the dimensions of the rectangular pen with the largest area?

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Help please!
A farmer has 120 feet of fencing available to build a rectangular pen for her pygmy goats. She wants to give them as much room as possible to run. What are the dimensions of the rectangular pen with the largest area?

vocaloid · Answer

the largest possible rectangle will be a square (all sides are equal)

so if she has 120 feet of square fencing, then each of the 4 sides will be 30 feet each

so 30ft * 30 ft.

elenathehomeschooler · Answer

So that would be the answer?

vocaloid · Answer

yeah.

elenathehomeschooler · Answer

@Vocaloid  can you help me find the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum area.

vocaloid · Answer

like i said, 30 feet by 30 feet

vocaloid · Answer

unless you want a new problem?

elenathehomeschooler · Answer

so the maximum area would be 900

vocaloid · Answer

yup!