SOLUTION: Suppose that you have 20 meters of fencing,and you want to make a pen for your pet dog. What shape would give more area a circle pr square?

Question 875883: Suppose that you have 20 meters of fencing,and you want to make a pen for your pet dog. What shape would give more area a circle pr square?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A circle always gives more area than a square for a given perimeter.
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For a square,

For a circle,

Since and , then

So the circle area is greater than the square area.

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