Can You Answer These Questions?

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  1. Mar 20, 2012 #31
    rosary

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    the answer is right ....... TORRENTIAL

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    A farmer has 200 yards of fencing and wishes to enclose a square area of the greatest possible size. How big the area will be ?

    400 sq yards
    1000 sq yards
    2000 sq yards
    2500 sq yards
    4000 sq yards


     
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  2. Mar 20, 2012 #32
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    2500 sq.yards.
     
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    :clap Ya The answer is 2500 sq yards, we are both getting it, though I am late to log in...
     
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  4. Mar 21, 2012 #34
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    yesss...the answer is 2500 sq. yards

    nice thread!!! just saw it today...keep posting more and more questions :thumbsup:thumbsup
     
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  5. Mar 21, 2012 #35
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    can you plz put up the calculation for 200yards question. i dint get the answer
     
    zainabsarfraz, Mar 21, 2012
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    Answer is 8,
    33*5/11=15
    45*4/12=15
    10*12/8=15
     
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    It is TRIVIAL
     
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    2500 sq yards
     
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  10. Mar 21, 2012 #40
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    length of the fencing = 200 yards = perimeter of the square
    one side = 50 yards
    area of the square = 50 x 50 = 2500 sq yards
     
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