A rectangle has perimeter 40 cm. What is the largest area it can have?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: Let the sides be and . Area . Step 2. gives , so the shape is a square and . **Answer: . Why not the others:** is the area of a rectangle, which is not the maximum; and do not come from any critical-point calculation.
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