Question

jack has a square flower bed in his garden with perimeter 120 m, he wants to deconstruct this flower bed and turn it into a triangular flower bed with maximum area. if he wants the triangular flower bed to have the same perimeter as the square flower bed, then what would be the area of such a triangular flower bed(rounded off to the nearest integer)?

Answer 1

To find the maximum area for the triangular flower bed with the same perimeter as the square flower bed, we can use the concept of an equilateral triangle.

Let's denote the side length of the square flower bed as 's'. Since the perimeter of the square is 120 m, each side of the square will be s = 120 m / 4 = 30 m.

Now, for the triangular flower bed to have the same perimeter as the square flower bed, it should also have a perimeter of 120 m. In an equilateral triangle, all three sides are equal in length.

Let's denote the side length of the equilateral triangle as 't'. Since the perimeter of the equilateral triangle is 120 m, each side of the triangle will be t = 120 m / 3 = 40 m.

The formula for the area of an equilateral triangle is given by:

Area = (sqrt(3) / 4) * t^2

Substituting the value of t, we get:

Area = (sqrt(3) / 4) * (40 m)^2

Area ≈ 346.41 m^2

Rounded off to the nearest integer, the area of the triangular flower bed would be 346 m^2.