SOLUTION: What is the greatest possible difference between the areas of two rectangles whose perimeter are each 144 cm if the lenth and width are both integers?

SOLUTION: What is the greatest possible difference between the areas of two rectangles whose perimeter are each 144 cm if the lenth and width are both integers?

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Question 129897: What is the greatest possible difference between the areas of two rectangles whose perimeter are each 144 cm if the lenth and width are both integers?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the largest area is a square __ the side would be 144/4

the smallest area has a width of 1 and a length of (144-1-1)/2
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