Fixed piece of wire bent into square and rectangle. For minimum total area what should be the perimeter of each.

A 30 cm piece of wire is cut into two. One piece is bent into the shape of a square, the other piece into the share of a rectangle with a length to width ratio of 2:1. What are the lengths of the two pieces if the sum of the areas of the square and rectangle is a minimum ?

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