Each week peggy drives two routes, route x and route y. One week she drives route x three times a d route y twice. She drives a
total of 144 miles that week. Another week she drives route x twice and route y five times. She drives a total of 217 miles that week. Find the length of each route
First, let's get the perimeter of the rectangle: Then, let's get the area of the bigger one:
Then let's try using a rectangle with a smaller ratio: Then:
If you used a square:
There you have it. A rectangle with a smaller area with the same perimeter. What does it show? The smaller the difference you get from width and length, the larger the area is.