Asked by Hayliey

If you have 36ft of fencing, what are the areas of the different rectangles you could enclose with the fencing? Consider only whole-number dimensions.

This problem confused me. Any help??

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Answered by Reiny
perimeter = 36
so length + width = 18

so what length and width sum would get you 18 ?

l w Area
1 17 17
2 16 32
3 15 45
4 14 56
5 13 65
.....
9 9 81

notice that largest area is obtained when you create a square of 9 ft by 9 ft.

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