A farmer wishes to enclose the maximum possible area with 100 meters of fence. The pasture is bordered by a straight cliff, which may be used as part of the fence. What is the maximum area that can be enclosed?

i believe that a circle encloses the most space with the least perimeter. so setting π at 3.14 for simple arithmetic, i come up with 1592 meters. the fence is a half circle with the cliff as the straight edge.

Posted by rixar on 2004-06-18 15:48:17