A fixed-area rectangle

A fixed-area rectangle

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A rectangle has area 144 cm2. Use differentiation to find its least possible perimeter.

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Answer:\(48\ \mathrm{cm}\) for a square of side \(12\ \mathrm{cm}\).

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