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?
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Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano —

 
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Activité
Balises
exploration  extremum-problem  find-zeros-min-and-max  function  maxima-minima  optimization 
Tranche d'âges
15 – 19+
Langue
English (United Kingdom)
 
 

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