Robert has 60 feet of fence to make a dog pen. He will use the house for one side of the pen, as shown above. What dimensions wi
ll make the largest pen?
A.
10 ft by 40 ft
B.
12 ft by 36 ft
C.
15 ft by 30 ft
D.
20 ft by 20 ft
1 answer:
The formula for an area of a regular parallelogram is:
A = l * w
Where,
l = length
w = width
We are given that the total measurement of fence is only
60 feet and one side of the house is used as one side of the pen. Therefore,
l + 2 w = 60
<span>or simplifying to make an explicit expression for
one variable, say l:</span>
l = 60 – 2 w
<span>Substituting to the 1st equation:</span>
A = (60 – 2 w) * w
A = 60 w – 2 w^2
<span>The maxima are obtained by getting the 1st
derivative then equating dA/dw = 0:</span>
dA/dw
= 60 – 4 w
60 –
4 w = 0
4 w
= 60
w =
15
Since
l = 60 - 2w
l =
60 – 30
l =
30
<span>Therefore
the dimension that will make the largest pen is 15 ft by 30 ft.</span>
<span>ANSWER: C</span>
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