May someone walk through this with me?
Suppose you have a wire of length a inches , where a=8 which you are able to cut into two pieces. One piece is to be bent into the shape of a square and the other piece is to be bent into the shape of an equilateral triangle. Refer to this link for a picture.

Let x denote the location of where the wire will be cut (see the picture). Note that x=0 corresponds to no cut, with the entire wire being bent into an equilateral triangle, and x= 8 also corresponds to no cut, but with the entire wire being bent into a square. Which value of x gives the larges

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May someone walk through this with me?
 Suppose you have a wire of length a inches , where a=8 which you are able to cut into two pieces. One piece is to be bent into the shape of a square and the other piece is to be bent into the shape of an equilateral triangle. Refer to this link for a picture.

Let x denote the location of where the wire will be cut (see the picture). Note that  x=0 corresponds to no cut, with the entire wire being bent into an equilateral triangle, and x= 8 also corresponds to no cut, but with the entire wire being bent into a square. Which value of x gives the larges

anonymous · Answer

ossible sum of areas of the resulting square and equilateral triangle, and what is the sum of areas in this case?

Answers:

 x = inches.

Sum of areas = square inches.

anonymous · Answer

x =? inches.
 Sum of areas = ?square inches.

anonymous · Answer

http://ww.math.msu.edu/images/webwork/132/Graphics/11_wire_figure.pdf

triciaal · Answer

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