A farmer wishes to enclose a rectangular region bordering a river with fencing, as shown in the

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A farmer wishes to enclose a rectangular region bordering a river with fencing, as shown in the diagram. Suppose that x represents the length of each of the three parallel pieces of fencing. She has 600 ft of fencing available.

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(a) What is the length of the remaining piece of fencing in terms of x?

(b) Determine a function A that represents the total area of the enclosed region. Give any restrictions on x.

(c) What dimensions for the total enclosed region would give an area of 22,500 ft2?

(d) What is the maximum area that can be enclosed?

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College Algebra

ISBN: 978-0134697024

12th edition

Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels

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