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The fencing Problem
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Introduction A farmer has asked me to calculate the biggest area for a fence, in a piece of land of hers, which should have a perimeter of 1000m. She has told me that I can calculate from any shape as long as the area calculated is the maximum area I should get with a 1000m perimeter. To do this I will calculate different shapes that consist of different length, width and height so I can get different areas. I will start of with a rectangle then work toward a triangle as those two shapes will be easier to start with. For the rectangle, my area will start increasing, but eventually there will be a pint where my area will start decreasing. This will help me to find the maximum area that the rectangle will give me. I will be using many different shapes starting with: Rectangle Triangle (isosceles, equilateral and scalene) Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Nonagon Decagon Hendecagon Dodecagon Circle After I...
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