Rosa is putting carpet in her rectangular bedroom. She made a scale drawing using the scale of 1 inch = 3 feet. In the drawing,
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Answer:
525 x 1,050
A = 551,250 m²
Step-by-step explanation:
Let 'L' be the length parallel to the river and 'S' be the length of each of the other two sides.
The length of the three sides is given by:
The area of the rectangular plot is given by:
The value of 'S' for which the area's derivate is zero, yields the maximum total area:
Solving for 'L':
The largest area enclosed is given by dimension of 525 m x 1,050 and is:
