Kelly has 1,600 ft. of irrigation piping he wants to use to irrigate his back lawn. He wants to lay the piping in such a manner as to cut off three equal sized rectangular regions sharing no sides within the yard. What are the dimensions that will produce the maximum enclosed area.Round your answer to 1 decimal place. ft. Length = Width = Number = Number ft.

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Kelly has 1,600 ft. of irrigation piping he wants to use to irrigate his back lawn. He wants to lay
the piping in such a manner as to cut off three equal sized rectangular regions sharing no
sides within the yard. What are the dimensions that will produce the maximum enclosed
area.Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
Length:
= Number
ft.
Width = Number
ft.
Transcribed Image Text:Kelly has 1,600 ft. of irrigation piping he wants to use to irrigate his back lawn. He wants to lay the piping in such a manner as to cut off three equal sized rectangular regions sharing no sides within the yard. What are the dimensions that will produce the maximum enclosed area.Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Length: = Number ft. Width = Number ft.
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