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Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I have been trying to figure this out for a while now, and i have no idea what i am doing.
A farmer has $3600 to spend on fencing for three adjoining rectangular pastures, all with the same dimensions. A local contracting company tells the farmer that they can build the fence for $6.25/m. What is the largest total area that the farmer can have fenced for that price?
I could really use some help on this problem, please help!
make a sketch, and label the dimensions ...Quote:
Originally Posted by ATRTrivium
cost of fence ...Code:x x x
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* * * * y
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$3600 = (6x + 4y)($6.25)
area of enclosures ...
A = 3xy
using the cost equation, solve for one variable in terms of another and substitute into the area equation in order to get area in terms of a single variable, then find the maximum area using the method(s) taught to you in class.
thanks a lot man (Happy)