Additional Prompts
The following alterations can be used depending on your learning objectives:
- Change the length of the wire for each student or group of students.
- Replace the length of the wire with a parameter L.
- Instruct students to find the minimum combined area instead of the maximum area.
- Use the wire to form a circle and an equilateral triangle with minimized combined area.
- Use the wire to form a square and an equilateral triangle with a minimized combined area.
- Use the wire to form a circle and another regular polygon with a minimized combined area.