Solve. -Elissa Sells Two Breeds of Dogs, Alaskan Malamutes and Great

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-Elissa sells two breeds of dogs, Alaskan Malamutes and Great Pyrenees. She has 78 feet of fencing to enclose two adjacent rectangular dog kennels, one for each breed. An existing fence is to form One side of the kennels, as in the drawing below. Let x represent the measurement indicated. Express the total area of the two kennels as a function of x. Graph the function and from the graph determine the value of x, rounded to the hundredths place, that will yield the maximum area.

A) 19.50 feet
B) 13.17 feet
C) 13.33 feet
D) 13.00 feet

• A) 19.50 feet
• B) 13.17 feet
• C) 13.33 feet
• D) 13.00 feet

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