Question

a farmer wants to use 500 feet of fence to create a pasture for his horse. The area created by this is modeled the function A(w)=250w-w^2, where w represent width in feet. What is A(50)

Answer 1

A(50) = 10,000 . . . . . square feet

Explanation:

Put 50 where w is in the function definition and do the arithmetic

A(50) = 250·50 -50^2 = 12500 -2500 = 10,000 . . . . square feet