document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=298562>Question 298562</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find the least perimeter for this area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=30cm2 using whole numbers   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a=30cm2 using whole numbers <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Max area for min perimeter occurs when it's a square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2830%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2830%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5.477, not an integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore the closest we can get is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 by 5 would be min perimeter of 22 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the further we get away form a square, the greater the perimeter<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other factors of 30: 10 by 3; 26 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "another pair of factors: 15 by 2; 34 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one more pair of factors: 30 by 1: 62 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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