Thread: Conchita's Coral

Conchita's building a coral for her horse. She has 200 ft of fencing. She also has a canyon wall which is aslong as you want. What is the maxmium area of the encloser?

Originally Posted by The D00D

Conchita's building a coral for her horse. She has 200 ft of fencing. She also has a canyon wall which is aslong as you want. What is the maxmium area of the encloser?

the perimeter with L = length and W = width can be expressed by





Putting L in terms of W we get

Now Area equals L by W





now expand this and find the turning point.