SOLUTION: A piece of wire 48cm long is cut into two pieces. The first is 4x cm long and each piece is bent to form a square.
a) Show that A, the sum of the areas of the two squares will be
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a) Show that A, the sum of the areas of the two squares will be
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Question 1121167: A piece of wire 48cm long is cut into two pieces. The first is 4x cm long and each piece is bent to form a square.
a) Show that A, the sum of the areas of the two squares will be given by A = 2x^2 -24x + 144.
b) At what value of x will the lowest value of A occur?
c) Hence or otherwise, find the lowest value of A. Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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