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A farmer with 2000 meters of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a straight highway. If the farmer does not fence the side along the highway, what is the largest area that can be enclosed?

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  1. 1000 * 500

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  2. This is a quadratic equation where perimeter is only 3 sides so p=l x 2w and if width is x then side is 2000-2x then area = x(2000-2x) = 2000x-2x^2 the vertex of this parabola will be x=500 and length is 1000 for area=500000
    calculus derivative =2000-4x=0 for max-min point and x=500

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