Answer:
8 feet, 256 ft^2
Step-by-step explanation:
The function of the area can be graphically rapresented with a parabola that opens downwards
in this specific case the vertex is the maximum point of the parabola.
(X) Vertex = -64/-8 = 8 feet
(Y) Vertex = -4(64) + 512 = -256 + 512 = 256 ft^2
Answer:
Maximum Width = 8 feet.
Maximum area = 256 ft^2.
Step-by-step explanation:
Part A.
A = -4w^2 + 64w
Finding the derivative:
dA/dw = -8w + 64 = 0 for maxm/minm, so
-8w = -64
w = 8
The second derivative is -8 so w = 8 gives a maximum.
Part B.
The maximum area = -4(8)^2 + 64*8
= -256 + 512
= 256 ft^2.
