Solve the Problem. -A Wire 20 Feet Long Is to Be Cut into Be

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Solve the problem.
-A wire 20 feet long is to be cut into two pieces. One piece will be shaped as a square and the other piece will be shaped as an equilateral triangle. Express the total area A enclosed by the pieces of wire as a function of the length x of a side of the equilateral triangle. What is the domain of A?

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Definitions:

4 × 3 Factorial Design

An experimental design method that involves two independent variables, where one has 4 levels and the other has 3 levels, leading to 12 different experimental conditions.

Levels

Distinct values or categories of a categorical variable.

Within-Group Estimate

An analysis focusing on the variation or relationships of variables within a single group.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary, often related to the number of independent observations in a dataset.