A rancher with 750 ft of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of the rectangle. (a) Find a function that models the total area of the four pens. A(w) =   (b) Find the largest possible total area of the four pens.

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A rancher with 750 ft of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of the rectangle.

(a) Find a function that models the total area of the four pens.

A(w) =
 
(b) Find the largest possible total area of the four pens.
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