A is the correct answer
3x5 is 15
Answer:
a. 8
b. 7
Step-by-step explanation:
Let
be the length of wire for the square and
(eq. 1) be the length of the wire for the equilateral triangle.
We know the
is the total length of the wire used, hence the length of a side of the square will be
. The area of the square will be:
Similarly for the equilateral triangle, perimeter is
. Hence the area will be
.
The total area of both shapes will be: 
We will substitute the value of y from eq. 1:

We find the derivative of the above function to find maximum and minimum:
⇒ 


We find
to check whether
is the minimum or maximum of the function.

Hence,
is the minimum and
will be the maximum
C is the answer I believe