Let's call the width: w
the lenght is then 3w+4 ("4 more than 3 times the width")
and the parameter would be 2(w+3w+4), that is 2*(4w+4), that is 8w+8.
this is also equal to 18.4:
8w+8=18.4
8w=10.4
w=1.3
this is the width, and the lenght is:
4+3*1,3=4+3.9=7.9
and the area is their product:
1.3*7.9=10.27
Draw a graph the function and find the value of x that produces the maximum
the function f(x) is increasing.
looking at the domain -2 < x < -1, we can see that the function f(x) = 2^x (labeled in blue) has an increasing slope.
