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    Apr 29, 2009, 03:07 AM
    To find area from known perimeter
    I have a problem to find area from a known perimeter of a irregular shape.
    For example I have a shape measuring 255m. How much will be the perimeter in meter? Please show me how to calculate the area from this known perimeter?
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    Apr 29, 2009, 05:23 AM

    No more information? It's not possible to solve. For example, if we assume a plane figure (reasonable, right?), and you were trying to maximize the area, you would choose a circle:









    On the other hand, let's pick a narrow rectangle of width 1.







    Big difference between 126.5 and 5174.5

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