A rancher has 400 feet of fencing with which to emclose two adjacent rectangular corrals. What dimensions should be used so that the enclosed area will be a max

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Answer 1

Hi Ashlee,

He should make two square shaped corrals since that will maximize the area and we know that every square is a rectangle because it is a quadrilateral with all four angles being right angles.

Then, let the side length of one square be x. there are four sides and two squares, so we can write

2*4x = 400

8x = 400

x = 50 ft the length of one side of a square

Two squares with 50 ft side length.