A rancher must design a rectangular corral with an area of 400 square meters. She decides to make a corral that needed for this corral? Has the rancher found the most economical solution? Can you find another design for the The rancher needs meters of fence.
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It also asks if the rancher has found the most economical solution and if another design can be found. Let the length of the rectangular corral be $L$ and the width be $W$. The area of the corral is given by $A = L \times W$. We are given that the area $A = 400$ Show more…
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