Example 1

A farmer is building a rectangular pen using [math]100[/math] feet of electric fencing and the side of a barn. In addition to fencing, there will be a [math]4[/math]-foot gate also requiring the electric fencing on either side of the pen. The farmer wants to maximize the area of the pen. How long should he make each side of the fence in order to create the maximum area?

 

Walch Education

 
Tipo de recurso
Actividad
Etiquetas
concave  concavity  convex  curve  domain  factor  function  graph  graphing  leading-coefficient  parabola quadratic-equation range relation vertex Mostrar más…
Grupo destino (edad)
14 – 18
Idioma
English
 
 
 
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