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document.write( "Let <b><i>P</i></b> represent the fixed perimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <b><i>w</i></b> represent the width of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <b><i>l</i></b> represent the length of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangle is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a rectangle is the length times the width so a function for the area in terms of the width is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b><u>Algebra Solution:</u></b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area function is a parabola, opening downward, with vertex at:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{-\frac{P}{2}}{-2} = \frac{P}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the parabola opens downward, the vertex represents a maximum value of the area function.  The value of the width that gives this maximum value is one-fourth of the given perimeter.  Therefore, the shape must be a square, and the area is the width squared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b><u>Calculus Solution:</u></b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area function is continuous and twice differentiable over its domain, therefore there will be a local extrema wherever the first derivative is equal to zero and that extreme point will be a maximum if the second derivative is negative at that point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{dA}{dw} = \frac{P}{2} - 2w\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{P}{2} - 2w = 0 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ w = \frac{P}{4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the maximum area is obtained when\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And that maximum area is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A\left(\frac{P}{4}\right) = \frac{P}{2}\left(\frac{P}{4}\right) - \left(\frac{P}{4}\right)^2 = \left(\frac{P}{4}\right)^2 = w^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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