MATH STINGER #67

  by 
Dr. Joel C. Fowler
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

     Here are two more maximum/minimum puzzles for this issue. 

1) Find the smallest perimeter that an isosceles triangle of area
    100 can have. 
2) Find the largest area that an isosceles triangle of perimeter
30 can have.

To find exact answers will require the methods of Calculus I.
However, an approximate answer can be obtained using only basic
algebra and a graphing calculator.

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