With 100 feet of fence, what are the dimensions of a corral of largest area that farmer bob can create if his barn will provide one side of the corral?

a) if you let x represent the two sides not opposite of the barn, what is the representation you would use for the side that is opposite of the barn?

b) what is the formula for area of a rectangle?

c) what is you equation for the area in terms of x?

d) what type of equation do you have linear or quadratic?

e) what are the dimensions to maximize the area of the corral?

f) what is the maximum area of the corral?