Rita has 360 meters of fencing and wishes to enclose a rectangular field. Suppose that a side length (in meters) of the field is x, as shown below. X (a) Find a function that gives the area 4 (x) of the field (in square meters) in terms of x. A (x) = (b) What side length x gives the maximum area that the field can have? Side length x meters (c) What is the maximum area that the field can have? Maximum area: square meters
Rita has 360 meters of fencing and wishes to enclose a rectangular field. Suppose that a side length (in meters) of the field is x, as shown below. X (a) Find a function that gives the area 4 (x) of the field (in square meters) in terms of x. A (x) = (b) What side length x gives the maximum area that the field can have? Side length x meters (c) What is the maximum area that the field can have? Maximum area: square meters
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Chapter9: Quadratic Functions And Equations
Section9.6: Solving Quadratic Equations By Using The Quadratic Formula
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