document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188274>Question 1188274</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A gardener wants to enclose a garden using 80 concrete curbstones. Each 1m long. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) how should the gardener lay out the curbstones to maximize the total enclosed area?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) how should the gardener lay out the curbs tone to maximize the total enclosed area is the house is being used as one side?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) how should the gardener lay out the curb stones to maximize the total enclosed area udon he wants to include a path of the curbstones down the  middle of the garden? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A) how should the gardener lay out the curbstones to maximize the total enclosed area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Max area for a given perimeter is a circle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Max area using these pieces is an 80-gon.  A regular polygon with 80 sides.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) how should the gardener lay out the curbs tone to maximize the total enclosed area is the house is being used as one side?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I suspect it's a half-circle.  I'll work on that later.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) how should the gardener lay out the curb stones to maximize the total enclosed area udon ?????? he wants to include a path of the curbstones down the  middle of the garden?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bb tomorrow.  B and C are interesting problems, IMO. </SPAN>\n" );
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