SOLUTION: Twelve wooden cubes are packed on one level in a rectangular tray. What is the minimum perimeter that tray can have if the cubes have a side length of 2 units?

Question 1016684: Twelve wooden cubes are packed on one level in a rectangular tray. What is the minimum perimeter that tray can have if the cubes have a side length of 2 units?

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Twelve wooden cubes are packed on one level in a rectangular tray. What is the minimum perimeter that tray can have if the cubes have a side length of 2 units?
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Draw various configurations so you can see how the perimeter changes.
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Example:: If the configuration is 12 by 1, the perimeter is 2(12+1) = 26
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Example:: If the config. is 6 by 2, the perimeter is 2(6+2) = 16
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Pack them in a 4 by 3 configuration.
Perimeter = 2*(3+4) = 14 units
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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