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A rancher is fencing off a rectangular area with a fixed perimeter of 76 m. What dimensions would yield the maximum area? Find the maximum area.
13 years ago

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PsyDAG
The one closest to a square would give the maximum area. Divide 76 by 4 to get dimension.
13 years ago

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