You are building a right-angled triangular flower garden along a stream as shown in the figure. The fencing of the left border costs $8 per foot, while the fencing of the lower border costs $2 per foot. (No fencing is required along the river.) You want to spend $560 and enclose as much area as possible. What are the dimensions of your garden, and what area does it enclose? (The area of a right-triangle is given by A- xy/2.) left border bottom border garden area Need Help? Practice

You are building a right-angled triangular flower garden along a stream as shown in the figure. The fencing of the left border costs $8 per foot, while the fencing of the lower border costs $2 per foot. (No fencing is required along the river.) You want to spend $560 and enclose as much area as possible. What are the dimensions of your garden, and what area does it enclose? (The area of a right-triangle is given by A- xy/2.) left border bottom border garden area Need Help? Practice

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

(REV)00th Edition

ISBN:9780395977224

Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter4: Polynomials

Section4.6: Multiplying Polynomials

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