Suppose a farmer has 2880 feet of fence and wishes to create two rectangular pens of the same dimensions with the two pens sharing one side (i.e. since the pens share one side, there is a total of 7 sides of fence). What is the maximum area of each of the pens? 172, 800 square feet 164, 100 square feet 8,294,400 49 square feet 184, 200 square feet 345, 600 square feet

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Suppose a farmer has 2880 feet of fence and wishes to create two rectangular pens
of the same dimensions with the two pens sharing one side (i.e. since the pens share
one side, there is a total of 7 sides of fence). What is the maximum area of each of
the pens?
O 172, 800 square feet
O
164, 100 square feet
8,294,400
49
square feet
O 184, 200 square feet
345, 600 square feet
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a farmer has 2880 feet of fence and wishes to create two rectangular pens of the same dimensions with the two pens sharing one side (i.e. since the pens share one side, there is a total of 7 sides of fence). What is the maximum area of each of the pens? O 172, 800 square feet O 164, 100 square feet 8,294,400 49 square feet O 184, 200 square feet 345, 600 square feet
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