A pig farmer wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divide it into four pens...

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A pig farmer wants to enclose a rectangular area and then divideit into four pens with fencing parallel to one side of therectangle (see the figure below). There are 900 feet of fencingavailable to complete the job. What is the largest possible totalarea of the four pens?

The answer is not 40500 ft^2.

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Area of rectangle Axyxlength of rectangleywidth of rectangleSINCE THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO 4 PENS    See Answer
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