A piece of wire 10 meters long is cut into two pieces. One piece is bent...

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A piece of wire 10 meters long is cut into two pieces. One pieceis bent into a square and the other is bent into an equilateraltriangle. How should the wire be cut so that the total areaenclosed is:

  1. a maximum?
  2. a minimum?

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