SOLUTION: What is the greatest perimeter of a rectangle with area 64 cm2?

Question 616301: What is the greatest perimeter of a rectangle with area 64 cm2?
Found 2 solutions by dfrazzetto, Alan3354:
Answer by dfrazzetto(283) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the dimensions are limited to integers, then:
you want the longest (most un-square like) rectangle possible for greatest perimeter.
64 cm x 1 cm
A = 64 x 1 = 64 cm^2
P = 2(64) + 2(1) = 130 cm

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the greatest perimeter of a rectangle with area 64 cm2?
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There is no greatest perimeter.
It might be 0.001 cm by 64000 --> 128000.002 cm
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Or 0.000001 by 64,000,000, etc

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