A geometry teacher wants to draw a rectangle inscribed in the ellipse x? + 4y² = 16. What is the area of the largest rectangle that the teacher can draw?

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A geometry teacher wants to draw a rectangle
inscribed in the ellipse x? + 4y² = 16. What is
the area of the largest rectangle that the
teacher can draw?
Transcribed Image Text:A geometry teacher wants to draw a rectangle inscribed in the ellipse x? + 4y² = 16. What is the area of the largest rectangle that the teacher can draw?
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