Homework Help: geometry

Posted by anonymous on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7:35pm.

a field bounded on one side by a river is to be fenced on three sides to form a rectangular enclosure. there are 320 ft of fencing available. what should the dimensions be to have an enclosure with the maximum possible area?

geometry - Ms. Sue, Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7:37pm
The largest area would be a square.

360/3 = 120

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