WILL MARK BRAINLIEST FOR THE BEST ANSWER. PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK NECESSARY PLEASE AND THANK YOU. Jasmine is fencing in a new garden along the side of her house as shown below. She has 12 m of fencing for the 3 sides of the garden. What is the length of the garden, in metres, with the maximum area?
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For a fixed perimeter length p, this equation describes a parabola that opens downward. Its vertex is on the line of symmetry, halfway between the zeros. The area will be zero when x=0 and when x=p, so the vertex (maximum area) is located at ...

x = (0 +p)/2 . . . . . average of zero values

x = p/2

Here, we have p=12 m, so p/2 = 6 m, and the width is (12 -6)/2 = 3 m.

The length of the maximum-area garden is 6 meters.

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Its area is 18 square meters.

mhanifa mhanifa · Answer 2 · 2020-12-18T15:31:05+01:00

Answer:

6 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the width be w and the length be l

We have the measure of 3 sides:

2w + l = 12

Area of the garden is:

A = lw

Substitute w with l using the first equation:

A = lw =
l(12 - l)/2 =
-1/2( l² - 12l) =
-1/2(l² - 12l + 36 - 36) =
-1/2(l - 6)² + 18

The final expression for the area can have maximum value when l - 6 = 0 because the first part of expression gets negative value for any l ≠ 6

And the maximum possible area is 18 m²

So l = 6 m is the answer for maximum area