Question: You are building a right-angled triangular flower garden along a stream as shown in the figure. The fencing of the left border costs$8per foot, while

You are building a right-angled triangular flower garden along a stream as shown in the figure.

The fencing of the left border costs$8per foot, while the fencing of the lower border costs $2 per foot. (No fencing is required along the river.) You want to spend$400and enclose as much area as possible. What are the dimensions of your garden, and what area does it enclose? [The area of a right-triangle is given byA=xy/2.]

left border ft
bottom border ft
garden area ft2

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