Question

A car dealership has 24ft of dividers with which to enclose a rectangular play sace

Answer 1

Answer:

A)  Area = $A(x) = 24x - x^2$

B)  Domain = {x < 24}

Step-by-step explanation:

Complete Question:

A car dealership has 24ft of dividers with which to enclose a rectangular play space in a corner of a customer lounge. The sides against the wall require no partition. Suppose the play space is x feet long.  

A) express the area of the play space as a function of x

B) find the domain of the function

Solution:

A)

The rectangle has area of length * width

length is x

so width will be 24 - x

Hence, the area will be:

Area = x(24 - x)

Area = $A(x) = 24x - x^2$

B)

Domain is the set of x values that make the function defined.

The domain will be all values less than 24.

Because if you take 24, the area would be 0 [doesn't make sense]

if you take anything over 24, the area would be negative [not possible]

Hence, the domain is:

Domain = {x < 24}