An advanced biology student wants to test the effects of a chemical fertilizer versus natural fertilizer, so she plans to divide a rectangular garden in half by running a fence parallel to two of the exterior sides. She has a fixed amount of fencing (36m) and she wants to have fencing around the entire garden in addition to the fence down the middle. Find the maximum area of the natural fertilizer garden.

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?