A piece of wire is 24 cm long. The wire is cut into two pieces and each piece is bent and formed into the shape of a square. Suppose that the side length (in cm) of one square is x. a. Find a function that gives the total area A(x) enclosed by the two squares (in square cm) in terms of x. b. Find the side length x that minimizes the total area of the two squares. c. What is the minimum area enclosed by the two squares?

A piece of wire is 24 cm long. The wire is cut into two pieces and each piece is bent and formed into the shape of a square. Suppose that the side length (in cm) of one square is x. a. Find a function that gives the total area A(x) enclosed by the two squares (in square cm) in terms of x. b. Find the side length x that minimizes the total area of the two squares. c. What is the minimum area enclosed by the two squares?

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter3: Functions

Section3.3: More On Functions; Piecewise-defined Functions

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