Week 5- Muddiest Point

My personal "muddiest point" is the new equations we have been working through about how to find the maximum area given the amount of fencing (perimeter). It is a very long and confusing process, possibly because there are so many ways to get the same final answer. I personally like the x-intercept way the most, yet I sometimes find myself struggling to find what equation we would use to then pick out what the x intercepts should be. I am slowly starting to understand how to work through the Applied Functions but it's not coming easy to me. I wish we spent more time working with the simple ones before we move on to more difficult ones, because even the simple ones are difficult to me. I haven't committed how to do these equations to memory, quite possibly because I only can do them with plenty of guidance. I am trying my very hardest though! I am pushing and working through them as best I can!