Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of April 11, 2005 |
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The Farmer's Problem |
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A farmer has four straight pieces of fencing: 1, 2, 3, and 4 yards in length. What is the maximum area he can enclose by connecting the pieces?Assume the land is flat. |
Solution to the Problem:
Given a quadrilateral with sides 1,2,3,4, we have three non-congruent forms:
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1. John Funk | Ventura, California |
2. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
3. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
4. Arsalan Heydarian | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
5. Cameron S. | Columbus, Georgia |
6. James Simmons | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
7. Derick Gilkeson | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
8. Wajih Ansari | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
9. Jason Krech | ---------- |
10. António Baptista | Lisboa, Portugal |
11. Hannah Thomas | Columbus, Georgia |
12. Jeffrey Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |