SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 440 square cm. What are the possible dimensions?

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Question 297550: The area of a rectangle is 440 square cm. What are the possible dimensions?
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Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Any two numbers whose product is 440.
11*40
220*2
110*4
55*8

Answer by TakeishaM(13)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of rectangle is found by multiplying its length by its width.
Find numbers you can multiple together to get 440. Start by dividing 440 by different whole numbers. For example 440/2 = 220 so one possible dimension is 2 and 220. 440/5 = 88 so another possible dimension is 5 and 88.

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