Question

A camp counsellor is fencing off a rectangular play area for the younger campers.

a) if she has 16m if fencing, how should she arrange the fencing to provide the greatest possible area?

b) How should she alter her diagram if she can use the dining hall as one of her boundaries?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a) if she had 16 m of fencing

all possible outcomes

4 by 4

2 by 6

1 by 7

the greatest should be 4 by4

b) she could alter it to 2 by 6