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A wire of length 28 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of the two pieces so that the combined area of the square and the circle is minimum?

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`(28pi)/(4+pi)m and 28-(28pi)/(4+pi) " i.e. "(112)/(4+pi)m.`
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