Jane grows several varieties of plants in a rectangular-shaped garden. She uses fencing to divide the garden into 16 squares that are each 1 m by 1 m. She also puts fencing around the perimeter of the garden.
What should the dimensions of the garden be so that Jane uses the least amount of fencing?
no you cannot,turn this into a calculus max/min problem.
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share as many sides as possible. Make it square :)
There are two logical answers.
1) A square that's four meters on each side. That will give you 16 meters of outside fence and 24 meters of inside fence.
2) A rectangle that's 2 by 8 meters. That will give you 20 meters of outside fence and 22 meters of inside fence.
1) A square that's four meters on each side. That will give you 16 meters of outside fence and 24 meters of inside fence.
2) A rectangle that's 2 by 8 meters. That will give you 20 meters of outside fence and 22 meters of inside fence.
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