Martha is fencing off a small herb garden in her backyard. if she has 20 feet of fencing and wants a rectangular garden, what length and width will give her the largest area? draw the graph of the function a(w) for area in terms of width and determine the maximum.

A = lw

P = 2l +2w

20 = 2l + 2w.

We express the length using (1).

2l = 20 - 2w

l = 10 - w.

We write the area using the width and length expression using width.

A = w(10 - w).

A = 10w - w2 .

The relationship of the area is quadratic. It has a max value that is where the vertex of the parabola is. The vertex is the average of the two zeros of the equation. We have

w1 = 0

and

w2 = 10.

1/2 (0 + 10) = 5 feet.

Martha will have largest area garden if (l = w = 5 feet).

A = 5x5 = 25 ft2

Note, if l = 4 and w =6,

A = 4x6 =24 ft2.

dalila is incorrect. the whisker on the left is very long, going all the way out to 5. the whisker goes from 5 to 30, so it has a spread of 25. the rest of the box plot values are closer together, so 5 is an outlier