i remember Greg mentioning that if the perimeter is held constant, the area of the regular shape will be more than the area of the irregular shape, and used square and rectangle as an example. then why is A wrong?
I wanted to follow up on this as I understand from your explanation since square is also a special type of rectangle we would mark option D but then where would the applicability of the theoram - Given the same perimeter, if area needs to be maximized it needs to be regular be valid. So, my question is how could this be asked in the similar format of this question like could you share any example where the same question can be asked that adheres to the property mentioned above. I just want to understand how can I differentiate between the 2 questions. @Leaderboard please…
one where we are asked to apply the principle “Given the same perimeter, if area needs to be maximized it needs to be regular” and one where we need to differentiate that with the given parameter rectangle could also be square so area can’t be determined. I am unable to understand how the theorem question can be asked where we would choose that square has a larger area than rectangle with the same parameter.
You’re not asked for the area in the first case - the second case is probably saying that you don’t know what the area is. Without knowing the exact question, can’t comment further.
