(a) Express the total area
enclosed by the pieces of wire as a function of the length
of a side of the square.
One piece will be shaped as a square, and the other piece will be shaped as a circle.
\Total area
= Area of the square + Area of the circle.
Formula for the area of the circle is
.
Find the radius of the circle.
\Circumference of the circle is
.
.

.
Area of the circle is
.
Formula for the area of the square is
.
Side of the square is
.
Area of the square is
.

.
(b) Find the domain of
.
The length of two pieces
and
must be greater than
.
Domain of
in interval notation is
.
(c) Graph the function
.
Locate the minimum point on the graph.
\
is smallest when
.
(a) The function is
.
(b) Domain of
in interval notation is
.
(c) Graph of the function
:
is smallest when
.