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42. Laura has 74 feet of fencing to make a rectangular vegetable garden. Which dimensions will give Laura thegarden with greatest area? The diagrams are not to scale.A.C.19 ft20 ft17 ft18 ftB.D.21 ft22 ft16 ft15 ft

42. Laura has 74 feet of fencing to make a rectangular vegetable garden. Which dimensions-example-1

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The area of a rectangle is :


\text{length }*\text{ breadth}

By checking through the options, the dimensions that give the greatest area is option A

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