a. A rectangular pea is built with one side against a bam. If 1200 m offencing...
a. A rectangular pen is built with one side against a barn. If 2100 m of fencing are used for the other three sides of the pen, what dimensions maximize the area of the pen? b. A rancher plans to make four identical and adjacent rectangular pens against a barn, each with an area of 100 m squared (see figure). What are the dimensions of each pen that minimize the amount of fence that must be used? A rectangle is...
Hector is building a rectangular shaped dog pen. One side will be the east side of his house and the other three sides will be a mesh fencing that costs $7.25 per foot. He wants the enclosed area to be 4000 square feet. He will also need four corner posts costing $8.50 each. a. Let x be the side of the dog pen that is perpendicular to his house. Write a function C(x) for the cost of the materials for...