Justin wants to use 376 ft of fencing to fence off the greatest possible rectangular area for a garden. what dimensions should he use? what will be the area of the garden?

Area of the garden is 8836 ft².

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Perimeter of rectangular garden = 376 ft

Let length of rectangle be 'l'.

Let breadth of rectangle be 'b'.

As we know the formula for "Perimeter of rectangular garden ":

We need to find the greatest possible rectangular area for a garden.

So, There are two possibilities :

1) 94+94=188

So, it becomes a square .

And we know that Square is also a rectangle .

Hence, Area of rectangle is given by

which is the greatest possible area of rectangle.

4n=2m

ratio of m to n: 2/4 = 1/2

answer

a. 1/2