SOLUTION: You are planning a vegetable garden and plan to have 12 square garden plots arranged into a rectangle. Each plot measures 1 meter on each side. How can you arrange the 12 plots to

Question 945348: You are planning a vegetable garden and plan to have 12 square garden plots arranged into a rectangle. Each plot measures 1 meter on each side. How can you arrange the 12 plots to have the least perimeter
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
With 12- 1 meter squares, there are only 3 arrangements:
1 x 12 has a perimeter of 26 meters
2 x 6 has a perimeter of 16 meters
3 x 4 has a perimeter of 14 meters
ANSWER The 3 meter by 4 meter has the smallest perimeter given the restriction to retain 12 - 1 meter squares.
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