Question

The back of Alisha's property is a creek. Alisha would like to enclose a rectangular area, using the creek as one side and fencing for the other three sides, to create a pasture. If there is 600 feet of fencing available, what is the maximum possible area of the pasture?

Answer 1

A square has all 4 sides equal, so divide the amount of fence available by 4 to get the length of one side of the square

600/4 = 150

Now since the creek is being used for one side, add one side of the square to the other side to get a rectagle 150 by 300 feet.

Area = 150 x 300 = 45,000 square feet.