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    Using 100 m of fencing, the maximum area that can be enclosed with three sides fenced and one side bordered by a river is achieved with a width of 25 m. This yields a length of 40 m and maximum area of 1000 sqm. If using 160 m of fencing instead, the maximum area would be achieved with a width of 40 m and length of 40 m, for a maximum area of 1600 sqm. The general solution is that the width should equal the length to maximize the area for any given amount of fencing.

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    Using 100 m of fencing, the maximum area that can be enclosed with three sides fenced and one side bordered by a river is achieved with a width of 25 m. This yields a length of 40 m and maximum area of 1000 sqm. If using 160 m of fencing instead, the maximum area would be achieved with a width of 40 m and length of 40 m, for a maximum area of 1600 sqm. The general solution is that the width should equal the length to maximize the area for any given amount of fencing.

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    Using 100 m of fencing, the maximum area that can be enclosed with three sides fenced and one side bordered by a river is achieved with a width of 25 m. This yields a length of 40 m and maximum area of 1000 sqm. If using 160 m of fencing instead, the maximum area would be achieved with a width of 40 m and length of 40 m, for a maximum area of 1600 sqm. The general solution is that the width should equal the length to maximize the area for any given amount of fencing.

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    Math
    Fifty
    You have 100 m of fencing and must fence three sides of a rectangular area, using a straight
    riverbank as the other border. What width rectangle would result in the maximum area being
    50
    enclosed by the three fenced sides and the river?

    river
    no fence required for this side

    width Three fenced sides


    W total length = 100 m

    length
    L

    Complete the table below for various possible widths of the rectangular area.
    Graph your results on the grid provided.
    1 300
    width length Area
    W L A 1 200
    (m) (m) (m2)
    1 100
    0
    1 000
    5
    900
    10
    800
    15
    Area A (m2)

    700
    20
    600
    25
    500
    30
    400
    35
    300
    40
    200
    45
    100
    50
    0
    0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
    width W (m)

    What should the width be if the area to be enclosed is a maximum?


    What is the maximum possible area?
    Extension: What would your answers to the above two questions be if you used 160 m of fencing?

    Can you generaise the solution for D metres of fencing?

    Mathematics activities Volume 1 © Geoff Phillips Publications 2017

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