A piece of wire 6 m long is cut into two pieces. One piece is bent into a square and the other is bent into an equilateral triangle. (a) How much wire should be used for the square in order to maximize the total area? Correct: Your answer is correct. m (b) How much wire should be used for the square in order to minimize the total area? Incorrect: Your answer is incorrect. m

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Answer:

Let x be the perimeter of square.

Let y be the perimeter of equilateral triangle.

As both the shapes are made from a single wire, we can say that-

[tex]x+y=6[/tex] or [tex]x= 6-y[/tex]

The length of the side of square is [tex]\frac{x}{4}[/tex]

The length of the side of triangle is [tex]\frac{y}{3}[/tex]

We have to find the area.

Area of square = [tex]side^{2}[/tex] = [tex](\frac{x}{4})^{2}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{x^{2}}{16}[/tex]

Area of triangle = [tex]a^{2} \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}[/tex]

= [tex](\frac{y}{3} )^{2} \times\frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}[/tex]

= [tex]\frac{y^{2} }{9}\times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4}[/tex]

Now differentiating the function to maximize the total area-

A = [tex]\frac{x^{2}}{16}+(\frac{y^{2} }{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4})[/tex]

Substituting x=6-y

[tex]\frac{(6-y)^{2}}{16}+(\frac{y^{2} }{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{4})[/tex]

Differentiating the function with respect to y, we get

A(y) = [tex]\frac{-(6-y)}{8}+\frac{y}{9} \times \frac{\sqrt{3} }{2}[/tex]

Now equating y to 0, we get

y = [tex]\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]

The function reaches the minimum at y = [tex]\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]

We can find the maximum area at x=0 and x=6

[tex]A=\frac{6^{2}}{16}+\frac{0^{2}}{9}\times\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{9}{4}[/tex]

[tex]A=\frac{0^{2}}{16}+\frac{6^{2}}{9}\times\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}[/tex] = [tex]\sqrt{3}[/tex]

Therefore, you should use x = 0m or x = 6m for square to get the total area to be maximum.

Now we can evaluate for x

We know x = 6-y

x = [tex]6-\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]

= [tex]\frac{24\sqrt{3} }{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]

Therefore, the lengths of x and y can be used to minimize the total area.

x=[tex]\frac{24\sqrt{3} }{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]

y=[tex]\frac{54}{9+4\sqrt{3} }[/tex]