A person wishes to build a shed with three stalls of equal area. If she can afford only to build walls totaling 400 feet, what total length and width will give her the most floor space?

Respuesta :

Answer:

length x is  50 feet

width y is 100  feet

Explanation:

three stalls of equal area

total built wall = 400 feet

to find out

what total length and width

solution

we consider here x and y is the length and width and area is rectangular

so

total linear feet  will be

4 x + 2 y = 400

y = 200 - 2x

and

area = x y

area = x  (200 -2x)

area = 200 x - 2x²

we know area maximum will be when x = [tex]\frac{-b}{2a}[/tex]

here a - 2 and b is 200

so

length x = [tex]\frac{-200}{2(-2)}[/tex] = 50 feet

width y = 200 - 2(-2) = 100  feet

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The total length and width will give her the most floor space will be 50 feet and 100 feet respectively.

What is area of rectangle?

The number of unit squares that can fit into a rectangle is called its area. The flat surfaces of laptop displays, blackboards, painting canvas, and other rectangular forms are examples.

The area of a rectangle formula may be used to calculate the space occupied by these items.

Let the length be x and the width be y.

According to the condition the linear equation formed will be;

4 x + 2 y = 400

y = 200 - 2x

The area for a rectangle is given as the product of the length and breadth.

area = x y

area = x  (200 -2x)

area = 200 x - 2x²

The value of maxima is obtained by differentiating the equation and equating it to zero.

The value of the area is maximum at

Here a value is 2 and b is 200

so[tex]\rm x= - \frac{b}{2a}[/tex]

If the value of  a is 2 and b is 200;

The value of the length is found by;

[tex]\rm x= - \frac{200}{2\times(-2) } \\\\ \rm x= 50 feet[/tex]

length x = 50 feet

The width is found with the help of the length as y = 200 - 2x.Which is found as;

y = 200 - 2(-2) = 100  feet

Hence the total length and width will give her the most floor space will be 50 feet and 100 feet respectively.

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