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document.write( "A rope 18 feet long is cut into two pieces. One piece is used to form a circle and the other used to form a square. Find a function representing the area of both square and circle as a function of the length of one side of the square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I can get to A(s)= pi(9-2s/pi)^2+s^2 but I am lost after that. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You could take what you have and manipulate it until you end up with something that looks like:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A(s)\ =\ \frac{(4\ +\ \pi)s^2\ -\ 4s\ +\ 81}{\pi}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But I don't see much advantage to my representation over the one you have.  Possibly easier to take the derivative of mine, but probably not worth the effort.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would just leave it the way you have it and call it good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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