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A business wants to set up a three sided fence to enclose a

Last updated: 4/19/2023

A business wants to set up a three sided fence to enclose a

A business wants to set up a three sided fence to enclose a rectangular area of 2 000 square feet in the front of their store If materials for the front of the fence that face the street cost them 20 per foot and the cost for the two other sides cost 15 dollars per foot find the minimum cost for the project too the nearest cent Solve the problem in 2 different ways First use the method of LaGrange Multipliers and then use the methods you learned from calculus 1 when working with a function of one variable By doing this both ways you will connect your knowledge and get the most out of this word problem Do not include units which are in dollars