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SOVA2 [1]
3 years ago
10

A farmer wants to fence a rectangular area of 128 square feet next to a river. Find the length and width of the rectangle which

uses the least amount of fencing if no fencing is needed along the river. Assume the length of the fence runs parallel to the river.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Delicious77 [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Length=16 ft

Width=8 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Let width be w and length will be 128/w since area is product of length and width

Perimeter will be w+w+128/w. Note that along the river, fencing isn't needed that is why perimeter equals 2w+128/w

Getting the first differential of perimeter with respect to w then

2-\frac {128}{w^{2}}

At critical point

2-\frac {128}{w^{2}}=0

2=\frac {128}{w^{2}}

w^{2}=64\\w=8

Therefore, since length is 128/w, length is 128/8=16 ft

Therefore, maximum length and width are 16 ft and 8ft respectively

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