A gardener is fencing a rectangular garden with 112 feet of fence. find the maximum area of the rectangular garden.

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Braiden

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9 July, 05:32

A gardener is fencing a rectangular garden with 112 feet of fence. find the maximum area of the rectangular garden.

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Clancy · Answer 1

To maximize the amount of fencing to create the biggest area possible, you will want to create a quadrilateral as close to or equal to a square as possible.

In this case, 112 is evenly divisible by 4 to give you sides lengths of 28.

The area would be 28 feet x 28 feet.

28 x 28 = 784 square feet of area.

All Squares are rectangles.