Question

poul has 124.8m of encing to build a rectangular pen. He wants the pen to have the largest possible area. Calculate the length and width of the pen to one decimal place.

I don't get it at all

Answer 1

P = 2 L + 2W

124.8 / 4 = 31.2

Answer 2

The largest rectangular pen he can build is a square.
(a square is a rectangle)

so divide 124.8 by 4 to get the length of each side.

Answer 3

thanks