A rancher plans to fence-in a rectangular corral adjacent to ariver for a herd of cattle. The rancher has supplies for 1,000meters of fence. Use algebra and the methods of this class todetermine the dimensions and area of the corral of maximumarea, assuming all fencing supplies are used. Do not usecalculus.The length of the shorter side of the optimal corral ismeters long.The length of the longer side of the optimal corral ismeters long.The optimal corral has an area ofsquaremeters.

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