and
are length and width of the pasture.
The rectangular pasture area is square meters.
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, where
is the length of the fence.
Find the function in terms of
.
Substitute in
.
.
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Differentiate on each side with respect to .
Find the critical numbers by equating derivative to zero.
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Substitute in
.
.
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is minimum when
and
.
The dimesions are .