A piece of wire of length L is to be cut into two pieces, one piece to form a square and the other piece to form an equilateral triangle.  How should the wire be cut so as to     (a)  maximize the sum of the areas of the square and the triangle?     (b)  minimize the sum of the areas of the square and the triangle?

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