Question

PLEASE HELP!
Jim wants to build a rectangular parking lot along a busy street but only has 1,800 feet of fencing available. If no fencing is required along the street, find the maximum area of the parking lot.

Answer 1

The largest area would be a square shape.

A square has 4 equal sides:

1800/4 = 450

Now because the street side doesn't have fencing, add that side length to one side of the fencing:

450 +450 = 900

Now the fence would have two widths of 450 feet and one length of 900 feet.

Area = length x width = 450 x 900 = 405,000 square feet.