document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965124>Question 965124</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not sure if \"topic\": selection is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how do you figure out the smallest and largest possible perimeters of an area:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i.e.  (1) A picture frame has an area of 48 sq inches.  What is the largest possible perimeter of the pic frame?  (2) A backyard has an area of 64 sq feet.  What is the smallest possible perimeter of the backyard?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i.e.  (1) A picture frame has an area of 48 sq inches.  What is the largest possible perimeter of the pic frame?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no largest perimeter.  It can be 1 by 48 --> 98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or 0.01 by 4800 --> 9600.02<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or 0.0001 by 480000, etc<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2) A backyard has an area of 64 sq feet.  What is the smallest possible perimeter of the backyard?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Minimum for a rectangle is a square, 8 by 8 --> 32 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A circle is the minimum, solve for r, then for C.<BR>\n" );
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