SOLUTION:
Which has a greater area, a square with sides that are x - 1 units long or a rectangle with a length of x units and a width of x - 2 units?
a.
square
b.
rectangle
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Which has a greater area, a square with sides that are x - 1 units long or a rectangle with a length of x units and a width of x - 2 units?
a.
square
b.
rectangle
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Question 807497:
Which has a greater area, a square with sides that are x - 1 units long or a rectangle with a length of x units and a width of x - 2 units?
a.
square
b.
rectangle
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Which has a greater area, a square with sides that are x - 1 units long or a rectangle with a length of x units and a width of x - 2 units?
a.
square area = sq units
b.
rectangle area = sq units
For a given perimeter, a square is the greatest area rectangle that can be constructed. so your square and rectangle have the same perimeter.
so
Since area is length times width
Since this is a quadratic function with a negative lead coefficient, the graph is a downward-opening parabola, hence the function value at the vertex represents a maximum value of the function.
The independent variable () coordinate of the vertex is:
Therefore the maximum area is obtained when the width of the rectangle is the perimeter divided by 4. If the perimeter divided by 4 is the width, 2 times the width is the perimeter divided by 2, and then 2 times the length must also be the perimeter divided by 2. The four sides are equal in measure, and the maximum area figure is a square.
John
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