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The adjacent sides of a rectangle with given perimeter as 100 cm and enclosing maximum area are

A
10 cm and 40 cm
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20 cm and 30 cm
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C
25 cm and 25 cm
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15 cm and 35 cm
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Solution

The correct option is C 25 cm and 25 cm
2x+2y=100x+y=50....(i)
Let area of rectangle is A; A=xyy=Ax
Put in (i), we have x+Ax=50A=50xx2
dAdx=502x
For maximum area dAdx=0
502x=0x=25 and y =25
Hence adjacent sides are 25 and 25 cm.

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