SOLUTION: What is the greatest possible area of a rectangle if its perimeter is 30 centimeters?

Question 215709: What is the greatest possible area of a rectangle if its perimeter is 30 centimeters?
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What is the greatest possible area of a rectangle if its perimeter is 30 centimeters?

Step 1. The greatest possible area A occurs with the rectangle is a square or the sides of the rectangle are equal or A=s^2 where s is the length of the side of a square.

Step 2. Perimeter P is when you add up all the lengths of the sides of a rectangle or square in our case or P=s+s+s+s=4s

Step 3. Area is

Step 4. ANSWER: The maximum area is 56.25 square centimeters.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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