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jolli1 [7]
3 years ago
8

A piece of wire 6 m long is cut into two pieces. One piece is bent into a square and the other is bent into an equilateral trian

gle. (a) How much wire should be used for the square in order to maximize the total area? Correct: Your answer is correct. m (b) How much wire should be used for the square in order to minimize the total area? Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. m
Mathematics
1 answer:
xxMikexx [17]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Let x be the perimeter of square.

Let y be the perimeter of equilateral triangle.

As both the shapes are made from a single wire, we can say that-

x+y=6 or x= 6-y

The length of the side of square is \frac{x}{4}

The length of the side of triangle is \frac{y}{3}

We have to find the area.

Area of square = side^{2} = (\frac{x}{4})^{2} = \frac{x^{2}}{16}

Area of triangle = a^{2} \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}

= (\frac{y}{3} )^{2} \times\frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}

= \frac{y^{2} }{9}\times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}

Now differentiating the function to maximize the total area-

A = \frac{x^{2}}{16}+(\frac{y^{2} }{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4})

Substituting x=6-y

\frac{(6-y)^{2}}{16}+(\frac{y^{2} }{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4})

Differentiating the function with respect to y, we get

A(y) = \frac{-(6-y)}{8}+\frac{y}{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{2}

Now equating y to 0, we get

y = \frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }

The function reaches the minimum at y = \frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }

We can find the maximum area at x=0 and x=6

A=\frac{6^{2}}{16}+\frac{0^{2}}{9}\times\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{9}{4}

A=\frac{0^{2}}{16}+\frac{6^{2}}{9}\times\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} = \sqrt{3}

Therefore, you should use x = 0m or x = 6m for square to get the total area to be maximum.

Now we can evaluate for x

We know x = 6-y

x = 6-\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }

= \frac{24\sqrt{3} }{9+4\sqrt{3} }

Therefore, the lengths of x and y can be used to minimize the total area.

x=\frac{24\sqrt{3} }{9+4\sqrt{3} }

y=\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }

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