Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

A farmer will fence three sides of a rectangular pen adjacent to a straight river, leaving the side along the river unfenced. The side parallel to the river uses reinforced fencing costing \18permeter,whilethetwoperpendicularsidesusestandardfencingcosting18 per meter, while the two perpendicular sides use standard fencing costing 10 per meter each. The farmer can spend at most \720onfencing.Let720 on fencing. Let wdenotethewidthofthepenperpendiculartotheriver.Determinethevalueof denote the width of the pen perpendicular to the river. Determine the value of w$ (in meters) that maximizes the enclosed area.

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