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Farmer Ed has 950 meters of​ fencing, and wants to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river. If Farmer Ed does not fence the side along the​ river, find the length and width of the plot that will maximize the area. What is the largest area that can be​ enclosed?

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The perimeter for this case is given by:


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Substituting values we have:


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The area is given by:


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Writing the area based on a variable we have:


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We derive the area to obtain the maximum of the function:


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We equal zero and clear x:


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Then, the other dimension is given by:


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Finally the maximum area is:


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Answer:

The length and width of the plot that will maximize the area are:


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The largest area that can be enclosed is:


A = 112812.5 m ^ 2

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