Provide an appropriate response.Suppose that you have 24 feet of fencing to fence in a rectangular or square garden. If you use all 24 feet and you consider only whole-number measurements, what are the dimensions of the rectangle or square that provides the largest possible area? What is that area?

What will be an ideal response?


The largest area is obtained by making a square garden which is  The area of this garden is 

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Solve the problem.A rectangle has area of 600 square meters. Its length and width are whole numbers. Which measurements give the smallest perimeter?

A. 20 m by 30 m B. 5 m by 120 m C. 1 m by 600 m D. 6 m by 100 m

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Use the order of operations to evaluate each problem.

A. 7 B. 9 C. 8 D. 64

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Provide an appropriate response.Let f(x) = . Find the domain of f.

A. (-?, 8] B. (-?, -8] C. [8, ?) D. (-?, 8)

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Solve the problem.When students at the local university held a food drive, 320 cans of food were collected on the first day of the drive, 160 the second day, 80 the third day, and so on. Find the total number of cans collected the first five days.

A. 620 cans B. 850 cans C. 630 cans D. 600 cans

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