Chapter 12.8, Problem 8P

1. Draw 4 different rectangles, all of which have a perimeter of 8 in. At least 2 of your rectangles should have side lengths that are not whole numbers (in inches). Label your rectangles with their lengths and widths.
2. Determine the areas of each of your 4 rectangles in part (a) without using a calculator. Show your calculations, or explain briefly how you determined the areas. Then label your rectangles A, B, C, and D in decreasing order of their areas, so that A has the largest area and D has the smallest area among your rectangles.
3. Qualitatively, how do the larger-area rectangles you drew in part (a) look different from the smaller-area rectangles? Describe how the shapes of the rectangles change as you go from the rectangle of largest area to the rectangle of smallest area.