I solved a problem and am wondering if its right. Basically, a person has 150 feet of fence to put around a rectangular garden. A 10-foot opening is left on one side for a gate. I have to determine the length and width for the maximum area. Since one side has an opening of 10, the side parallel to it is also going to be 10. 150-10= 140, which I divided by 2. So the other two sides are each 70, making the maximum area 700 cm^2. Is this right?
2006-11-12
07:43:08
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morgulis2003
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