A rancher has 5100 ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular area bordering a river. He wants to divide the enclosure into two equal areas. If no fencing is used along the river, what is the length of the center partition that will yield the maximum area?
1 Answer
Apr 30, 2018
We have a perimeter
Explanation:
Instead of the rectangle having a perimeter
Maximize
That's clearly maximized when