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Question 399146: if a rectangle has a perimeter of 24 centimeters, what are three possible sets of demensions and the resulting areas? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Pick any value you like less than 24 (and greater than zero, of course). Divide your selected value by 2, and call that the length. Take the value you originally chose and subtract it from 24 then divide that result by 2. Call that result the width. Multiply the length times the width to get the area. Follow these steps three times with different choices for the first step. If you choose 12 for the first step, you will get the largest possible area.
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