Starting with a 60-foot-long stone wall, a farmer would like to construct a rectangular enclosure by adding 480 feet of fencing, as shown in the figure to the right. Find the values of x and w that result in the greatest possible area. A four-sided figure in the shape of a rectangle has a length of w feet and a width of 60 + x feet x = ft w= ft
Starting with a 60-foot-long stone wall, a farmer would like to construct a rectangular enclosure by adding 480 feet of fencing, as shown in the figure to the right. Find the values of x and w that result in the greatest possible area. A four-sided figure in the shape of a rectangle has a length of w feet and a width of 60 + x feet x = ft w= ft
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Starting with a
60-foot-long
stone wall, a farmer would like to construct a rectangular enclosure by adding
480
feet of fencing, as shown in the figure to the right. Find the values of x and w that result in the greatest possible area. |
A four-sided figure in the shape of a rectangle has a length of w feet and a width of 60 + x feet
|
x = ft
w= ft
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