A farmer builds a rectangular grid of pens with 1 row and 8 columns using 1000 feet of fencing. What dimensions will maximize the total area of the pen? The total width of each row of the pens should be feet, the total height of each column of pens should be feet, which gives the maximum area of square feet.

A farmer builds a rectangular grid of pens with 1 row and 8 columns using 1000 feet of fencing. What dimensions will maximize the total area of the pen? The total width of each row of the pens should be feet, the total height of each column of pens should be feet, which gives the maximum area of square feet.

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337614085

Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Chapter8: Areas Of Polygons And Circles

Section8.5: More Area Relationships In The Circle

Problem 30E: At the Pizza Dude restaurant, a 12-in. pizza costs 5.40 to make, and the manager wants to make at...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

If the cost of each Robust tablet increases to 75 c and the cost of each Vigortab increases to 80 c , find the minimum cost.
A garden has 60 yards of fencing and wants to enclose a rectangular garden that requires fencing only on three sides. Find the length and width of the plot that will maximize the area.
Find the dimensions of a triangle whose width is four more than six times its height and has an area of 208 square inches.
Describe the steps needed to solve a quadratic inequality graphically.