Emma has 26 feet of fence. She wants to make the largest rectangular area possible for her rabbits to play in. What length should she make each side of the rabbit pen?
She should make it a square.
26/4 = ?
It's always a square. 26/4= 6.5 :) There's your answer
Skei
To find the length Emma should make each side of the rabbit pen, we need to consider that a rectangle has two sides of equal length. Let's call the length of each side of the pen "x".
Since Emma has only 26 feet of fence, she needs to use it wisely. The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of all its side lengths, which in this case is twice the length plus twice the width.
Perimeter = 2(length + width)
Given that the perimeter is 26 feet and all sides of the rectangle are equal (length = width = x), we can rewrite the equation as:
26 = 2(x + x)
Simplifying further:
26 = 2(2x)
26 = 4x
Now, we can solve for x:
x = 26 / 4
x = 6.5
Since we're dealing with linear measurements, it's not possible for one side of the rectangle to be 6.5 feet. So, we should round down to the nearest whole number, which is 6.
Therefore, Emma should make each side of the rabbit pen 6 feet long to maximize the rectangular area for her rabbits to play in.