A rectangular plot of farmland will be bounded on one side by a river and on the other sides by a single-strand electric fence. With 2000 m of wire at your disposal, what is the largest area you can enclose, and what are its dimensions?   Knowing that the maximum area of the rectangular plot is 50000 m2, what is the length of the shorter side of the retangular plot, and what is the length of the longer side of the rectangular plot?

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A rectangular plot of farmland will be bounded on one side by a river and on the other sides by a single-strand electric fence. With 2000 m of wire at your disposal, what is the largest area you can enclose, and what are its dimensions?  

Knowing that the maximum area of the rectangular plot is 50000 m2, what is the length of the shorter side of the retangular plot, and what is the length of the longer side of the rectangular plot?

 

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