Question

A farmer plans to build a rectangular pen against his barn. The pen will consist of 3 sides of fencing and he will use a portion of the barn wall for the fourth side of the pen. If this farmer has 150 feet of fencing, what is the maximum area he can enclose in his pen?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Determine three consecutive even integers where the product of the two smaller integers is 56 less than the product of the two larger numbers.