How do you find the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is 100 square meters and whose perimeter is a minimum?

Adison Rogers

Adison Rogers

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2022-11-04

How do you find the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is 100 square meters and whose perimeter is a minimum?

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zastenjkcy

zastenjkcy

Beginner2022-11-05Added 14 answers

Let x and y be the base and the height of the rectangle, respectively.
Since the area is 100 m 2
x y = 100 y = 100 x
The perimeter P can be expressed as
P = 2 ( x + y ) = 2 ( x + 100 x )
So, we want to minimize P ( x ) on ( 0 , )
By taking the derivative,
P ( x ) = 2 ( 1 - 100 x 2 ) = 0 x = ± 10
x=10 is the only critical value on ( 0 , )
y = 100 10 = 10
By testing some sample values,
P ( 1 ) < 0 P ( x ) is decreasing on ( 0 , 10 ]
P ( 11 ) > 0 P ( x ) is increasing on [ 10 , )
Therefore, P(10) is the minimum
I hope that this was helpful.
Hence, the dimensions are 10 × 10

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