A rectangle has a fixed perimeter of 40 units. What is the greatest possible area of the rectangle?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 100 square units
- Step 1: With sides and , the area is greatest when , giving .
Answer
100 square units.
Why not the others: 110 square units, 120 square units and 200 square units don't fit.
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