Science & Mathematics - 26 December 2006

Situation: Owners of a farm want to fence in an area for goats. They want to use up 40 meters of fencing they purchase.

1) What id the maximum area they can provide for the animals with 40 meters of fence if they want the pen to be a quadrilateral?

2) How does changing the width affect the area?

3) Write a function to represent the area as the function of the width?



Bonus: Now imagine that the fenced-in area is adjacent to a building. You only need to fence three sides.

Solution would be highly appreciated.

2006-12-26 15:09:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

Situation: Owners of a farm want to fence in an area for goats. They want to use up 40 meters of fencing they purchase.

1) What id the maximum area they can provide for the animals with 40 meters of fence if they want the pen to be a quadrilateral?

2) How does changing the width affect the area?

3) Write a function to represent the area as the function of the width?



Bonus: Now imagine that the fenced-in area is adjacent to a building. You only need to fence three sides.

Solution would be highly appreciated.

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