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One hundred feet of fencing is available to make a rectangular dog pen against an existing wall. What are the dimensions of the pen that will yield the maximum area?

I need all of the steps to get to the answer.
14 years ago

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Ms. Sue
I told you that the maximum area is a square.

Find the length of a square with a perimeter of 100. Then square that number to find the area.
14 years ago

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