Tracy has 40 feet of material to make the perimeter of a rectangle sandbox for her little brother what rectangle with whole number side length would give the sandbox with the greatest area?

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Axel Serrano

Mathematics

29 April, 03:52

Tracy has 40 feet of material to make the perimeter of a rectangle sandbox for her little brother what rectangle with whole number side length would give the sandbox with the greatest area?

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Dewey · Answer 1

I personally think this:

length = 10 feet

width = 10 feet

Kyla · Answer 2

I think the length should be 10 and bredth be 10. This will result into greatest area with the same perimeter.

Area = 10 * 10 = 100

Perimter = 4 * 10 = 40