Compelled to fence my dog, I have scrounged some lengths of picket fence from the dump. The four segments I found have lengths 3, 4, 5, and 6 meters. If I form a quadrilateral using these segments, what is the maximum area that I can fence.

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Compelled to fence my dog, I have scrounged some lengths of picket fence from the dump. The four segments I found have lengths 3, 4, 5, and 6 meters. If I form a quadrilateral using these segments, what is the maximum area that I can fence.

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