A rectangular field is
130
meters long and
85
meters wide.

Give the length and width of another rectangular field that has the same perimeter but a smaller area.

Question

A rectangular field is 
130
 meters long and 
85
 meters wide.

Give the length and width of another rectangular field that has the same perimeter but a smaller area.

confluxepic · Answer

First find the area and perimeter of the rectangular field.

jdoe0001 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

The perimeter is 430 and the area is 11050. What do i do next?

jdoe0001 · Answer

well.. you'd want another rectangle that has the same perimeter of 430 BUT a smaller area

shrink say the 85 by .... a lot   and give the slack to the 130

so you'd end up with a really long and shrunk rectangle, see what you get for the area