Perimeter Efficiency of Rectangles

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4. Perimeter Efficiency of Rectangles



[Eq.4]

in terms of length and width,

[Eq.4a]
If the rectangle is a square, l=w and
.
The length-to-width ratio of a rectangle is .

let q = cot ø, then:
[Eq.4b]

Given k for a rectangle, the formula to find the length-to-width ratio, q, of the rectangle is the quadratic equation below:

[Eq.4c]

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