Time
for MATH MINUTE! (provide your favorite theme music here).
Get
out your paper & pencil because I have a new puzzle for you!!
PUZZLE #31 Fence them in May
14 – May 18
You
have 16ft. of fencing to fence in a rectangular flower garden, and you want the
area of the flower bed to be as big as possible.
For
example, if you make the size 1ft. by 7ft. you only get 7 sq.ft., but if you
make the size 2ft. by 6ft. you get 12 sq.ft.
What
are the dimensions of the maximum rectangular area you can fence in with this
amount of fencing?
Also, what is the maximum area?
Send
your comments, ideas and solutions before Monday to this email address, and be sure to
put < MM > in the subject line parksjm@potsdam.edu
Visit
us here online at http://www2.potsdam.edu/parksjm/MM.htm
to see the results every Monday.
See
you next time on MATH MINUTE! (theme music fades out here).