APPLICATION Delores has 80 m of fence to surround an area where she is going to plant a vegetable garden. She wants to enclose the largest possible rectangular area.

a. Copy and complete this table.
b. Let x represent the width in meters, and let y represent the area in square meters. Write a function that describes the relationship between the area and the width of the garden.
c. Which width provides the largest possible area? What is that area?
d. Which widths result in an area of 0 m2?

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Width (m) Length (m) Area (m') 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |내 2