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Fencing Problem
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Fencing Problem Aim-: A farmer has 100m of wire. She wishes to fence of an area of land into a shape, which will give her the maximum area. * I have to measure and experiment with different shapes of 1000m circumference of perimeter to achieve the maximum area. * I have to consider working from these shapes-: - Quadrilaterals - Triangles - Pentagon - Hexagon - Circle Prediction-: I predict that if the sides of a regular shape increase so will the area, coming to the conclusion of the circle holding the most area. Square (l x w) *NOT TO SCALE Rectangles (l x w) In a rectangle, any 2 different length sides will add up to 500, because each side has an opposite with the same length. Therefore in a rectangle of 100m X 400m, there are two sides opposite each other that are 100m long and 2 sides next to them that are opposite each...
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