Mathematical optimization: Building a rectangular pen

A farmer wants to build a rectangular pen for his sheep. One side is a straight river. For the other three sides he has 200m of fencing to use. What is the maximum area of pen he can make?

 

Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano

 
Tip material
Foaie de lucru
Etichete
exploration  extremum-problem  find-zeros-min-and-max  function  maxima-minima  optimization 
Grup Ţintă (Vârstă)
15 – 19+
Limbă
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
 
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