Homework Help: Algebra 2

Posted by Brandon on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 1:19pm.

One hundred feet of fencing is available to make a rectangular dog pen against an existing wall. What are the dimensions of the pen that will yield the maximum area?

I need all of the steps to get to the answer.

Algebra 2 - Ms. Sue, Friday, April 22, 2011 at 1:24pm
I told you that the maximum area is a square.

Find the length of a square with a perimeter of 100. Then square that number to find the area.

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