Mabel wants to fence off some land as an enclosure for her chickens.
The enclosure will be a rectangle with an area of 60 m^2.

- ((a))
The enclosure is x m long.
Show that the perimeter of fencing, P m, required for the enclosure is given by.
- ((b))
Find the value of k.
Answer k = ...
- ((c))
On the grid, plot the points given and draw the graph of for .
- ((d))
Mabel only has 35 m of fencing.
Use your graph to find the range of values of x that she can choose.Answer ...
- ((e))
Mabel would like to use the graph to estimate the length and width of the enclosure when it is a square. Suggest an equation of the straight line that Mabel should draw.
Answer ...
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Worked solution
7((a))
1. Find the width of the rectangle in terms of $x$.
Area of rectangle length width.
Since the area is and the length is ,
2. Use the perimeter formula for a rectangle and simplify.
Perimeter of rectangle .
7((b))
1. Evaluate $P$ when $x=2$ to find the missing table value $k$.
When , .
7((c))
1. List the coordinate points to be plotted, using the missing value found earlier.
From the table and part (b), .
The points are
2. Plot the points accurately on the given grid.
On the horizontal axis use the given -values .
On the vertical axis plot the corresponding -values accurately.
3. Draw the graph over the required interval.
Join the plotted points with a smooth curve, not straight line segments, for
Points plotted: , , , , , , , joined by a smooth curve for .
7((d))
1. Represent the condition that Mabel has only 35 m of fencing on the graph.
Since Mabel has m of fencing, she needs
On the graph of , draw the horizontal line
2. Read the two intersection points and state the interval where the curve satisfies the constraint.
From the graph, the line meets the curve at approximately
The curve is at or below between these two values, so
Approximately, Mabel can choose from m to m.
7((e))
1. Relate the perimeter to the side length when the enclosure is a square.
If the enclosure is a square, its length and width are both metres.
So its perimeter is
Therefore Mabel should draw the straight line on the same graph and read its intersection with the curve.
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