Question

a Farmer want to put up a fence with a total perimeter of 250 ft. It is the shape of a rectangle but there is a river on one side. What is the maximum area of feet that the fence can be?
Anonymous
What is the max. Area of the three sides
Sarah
So if the perimeter is 250 feet, draw a diagram. of three sides of a rectangle with a little river. Then label the two corresponding sides 'x' and the other side without a partner 250-x because the total P is 250 and you already used 'x' twice on the other sides of the fence. Then, because area is A=LW, substitute in the sides: A=(250-2x)x