Answer: 4 options; the shortest length is 49 m in the option of dividing into a plot of $25 \times 12$ and two plots of $12.5 \times 24$. Solution. See problem 7.2
8.2. A father had three sons, and he left them 9 ares of land as an inheritance - a rectangle measuring 25 m $\times 36$ m. The brothers decided to divide the land into three rectangular plots - three ares for each brother. How many options are there for the division (in terms of the length and width of the plots), and in which of the options will the total length of the fences between the plots be the smallest?