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OpenStudy (anonymous):

of all rectangles with given area, A, which has the shortest diagonals? = the dimensions of the rectangle are ? by ?.

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

the square

OpenStudy (anonymous):

could you be more specific? in mathematical terms?

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

well a square with sides 1unit... the diagonal is square root 2 a rectangle sides 1 and (1+x),, x is any length, has a diagonal square root x^2 + 2x + 2 which is larger then root 2

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