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Tracy has 40 feet of material to make the perimeter of a rectangular sandbox for her little brother. What rectangle with whole-number side lengths would give the sandbox with the least area?

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Answer:

I think the length should be 10 and bredth be 10. This will result into greatest area with the same perimeter.

Area = 10 * 10 = 100

Perimter = 4 * 10 = 40

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