Question

42. Laura has 74 feet of fencing to make a rectangular vegetable garden. Which dimensions will give Laura thegarden with greatest area? The diagrams are not to scale.A.C.19 ft20 ft17 ft18 ftB.D.21 ft22 ft16 ft15 ft

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is :

`\text{length }*\text{ breadth}`

By checking through the options, the dimensions that give the greatest area is option A