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Point Farmer Ed has 60 feet 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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Farmer Ed has 60 feet of fencing; and wants to enclose rectangular plot that borders on 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? What width will maximize the area? The width, labeled x in the figure. (Type an integer or decimal ) What length will maximize the area? The length, labeled in the figure, is (Type an integer or decimal ) What is the largest area that can be enclosed? The largest area that can be enclosed is (Type an integer or decimal.)

You have 120 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular plot that borders on a river.

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