Alex has 360 yards of fencing to enclose a rectangular area. find the dimensions of the rectangle that maximize the enclosed area. what is the maximum area?

Step-by-step explanation:

When the perimeter of the rectangle is 360 yd, the sum of the lengths of two adjacent sides is 180 yd. If x is the length of one side of the rectangle, then the adjacent side is (180-x). The area is the product of these lengths,

  area = x(180 -x)

This describes a downward-opening parabola with zeros at x=0 and x=180. The vertex (maximum) of the parabola is halfway between, at x=90. The adjacent sides of the maximum-area rectangle are the same length: the rectangle is a square with sides 90 yards each.

The area is (90 yd)² = 8100 yd².