Question

Jennifer has 78 feet of fencing to make a rectangular vegetable garden. Which dimensions will give Jennifer

the garden with greatest area? The diagrams are not to scale.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's go through each answer choice.

The formula for Area of a rectangle is $A=l*w$

a.

$A=l*w=19*20=380\ ft^2$

b.

$A=l*w=17*22=374\ ft^2$

c.

$A=l*w=21*18=378\ ft^2$

d.

$A=l*w=23*16=368\ ft^2$

Upon evaluation of each answer choice, we can conclude:

$380 > 378 > 374 > 368$

Therefore the answer is a.