Alan is building a garden shaped like a rectangle with a semicircle attached to one short side. If he has 70 feet of fencing to
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The dimension that would give the maximum area is 20.8569
<h3>How to solve for the maximum area</h3>
Let the shorter side be = x
Perimeter of the semi-circle is πx
Twice the Length of the longer side
Length =
Total area =
area of rectangle + area of the semi-circle.
Total area =
When we square it we would have
This gives
From here we divide by 2
The maximum side would be at
This gives us 20.8569
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Step-by-step explanation:
The equation represents the discriminant of a quadratic. It is the part taken from under the radical in the quadratic formula.
For any quadratic:
- If the discriminant is positive, or greater than 0, the quadratic has two solutions
- If the discriminant is equal to 0, the quadratic has one distinct real solution (the solution is repeated).
- If the discriminant is negative, or less than 0, the quadratic has zero solutions
In the graph, we see that the equation intersects the x-axis at two distinct points. Therefore, the quadratic has two solutions and the discriminant must be positive. Thus, we have .