Consider the following problem: A farmer with 750 ft of fencing wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of the rectangle. What is the largest possible total area of the four pens? (a) Draw several diagrams illustrating the situation, some with shallow, wide pens and some with deep, narrow pens. Find the total areas of these configurations. Does it appear that there is a maximum area? If so, estimate it. (b) Draw a diagram illustrating the general situation. Let x denote the length of each of two sides and three dividers. Let y denote the length of the other two sides. (c) Write an expression for the total area A in terms of both x and y. A = (375− 5 2​y)y

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Answer and step-by-step explanation:

For any rectangle, the one with the largest area will be the one whose dimensions are as close to a square as possible.

However, the dividers change the process to find this maximum somewhat.

Letting x represent two sides of the rectangle and the 3 parallel dividers, we have 2x+3x = 5x.

Letting y represent the other two sides of the rectangle, we have 2y.

We know that 2y + 5x = 750.

Solving for y, we first subtract 5x from each side:

2y + 5x - 5x = 750 - 5x

2y = -5x + 750

Next we divide both sides by 2:

2y/2 = -5x/2 + 750/2

y = -2.5x + 375

We know that the area of a rectangle is given by

A = lw, where l is the length and w is the width.  In this rectangle, one dimension is x and the other is y, making the area

A = xy

Substituting the expression for y we just found above, we have

A = x(-2.5x+375)

A = -2.5x² + 375x

This is a quadratic equation, with values a = -2.5, b = 375 and c = 0.

To find the maximum, we will find the vertex.  First we find the axis of symmetry, using the equation

x = -b/2a

x = -375/2(-2.5) = -375/-5 = 75

Substituting this back in place of every x in our area equation, we have

A = -2.5x² + 375x

A = -2.5(75)² + 375(75) = -2.5(5625) + 28125 = -14062.5 + 28125 = 14062.5

The area of the four pen can be simplified to fi=nd the largest area

possible.

The largest possible total area of the four pens is 14,062.5 ft.²

(a) Diagrams illustrating the situation can be formed adjusting the width of

the included diagram illustrating the general situation.

(b) Please find the diagram illustrating the general situation created using

MS Visio.

(c) The expression for the total area is [tex]A = \left( 150 - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y}{5} \right) \cdot Y[/tex]

Reasons:

The given parameter are;

Length of fencing available = 750 ft.

Area to be enclosed = Rectangular

Number of included pens with parallel fencing = Four

Let Y represent the width of the area and let X represent the breadth

Therefore, we have;

2·Y + 5·X = 750

Which gives;

[tex]X = \dfrac{750}{5} - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y}{5} = \mathbf{150 - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y}{5}}[/tex]

The area is therefore;

[tex]A = Y \times \left( 150 - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y}{5}\right) = 150 \cdot Y - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y^2}{5}[/tex]

  • [tex]\underline{\mathrm{Total \ area, \ A} = 150 \cdot Y - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y^2}{5}}[/tex]

[tex]\dfrac{dA}{dY} = \dfrac{d}{dY} \left ( 150 \cdot Y - \dfrac{2 \cdot Y^2}{5} \right) = 150 - \dfrac{4 \cdot Y}{5} = 0[/tex]

  • [tex]150 - \dfrac{4 \cdot Y}{5} = 0[/tex]

[tex]Y= \dfrac{150 \times 5}{4} = 187.5[/tex]

The width of the maximum area, Y = 187.5 ft.

Which gives;

[tex]X = 150 - \dfrac{2 \times 187.5}{5} = 75[/tex]

The breadth of the area, X = 75 ft.

The maximum area, [tex]A_{max}[/tex] = Y × X, which gives;

[tex]A_{max}[/tex] = 187.5 ft. × 75 ft. = 14,062.5 ft.²

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