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pashok25 [27]
3 years ago
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A farmer has 520 feet of fencing to construct a rectangular pen up against the straight side of a barn, using the barn for one s

ide of the pen. The length of the barn is 310 feet. Determine the dimensions of the rectangle of maximum area that can be enclosed under these conditions. (Hint: Be mindful of the domain of the function you are maximizing.)
Mathematics
1 answer:
Setler [38]3 years ago
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Answer:

310\text{ feet and }210\text{ feet}

Step-by-step explanation:

GIVEN: A farmer has 520 \text{ feet} of fencing to construct a rectangular pen up against the straight side of a barn, using the barn for one side of the pen. The length of the barn is 310 \text{ feet}.

TO FIND: Determine the dimensions of the rectangle of maximum area that can be enclosed under these conditions.

SOLUTION:

Let the length of rectangle be x and y

perimeter of rectangular pen =2(x+y)=520\text{ feet}

                                                x+y=260

                                               y=260-x

area of rectangular pen =\text{length}\times\text{width}

                                       =xy

putting value of y

=x(260-x)

=260x-x^2

to maximize \frac{d \text{(area)}}{dx}=0

260-2x=0

x=130\text{ feet}

y=390\text{ feet}

but the dimensions must be lesser or equal to than that of barn.

therefore maximum length rectangular pen =310\text{ feet}

                              width of rectangular pen =210\text{ feet}

Maximum area of rectangular pen =310\times210=65100\text{ feet}^2

Hence maximum area of rectangular pen is 65100\text{ feet}^2 and dimensions are 310\text{ feet and }210\text{ feet}

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