SOLUTION: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is 144sq.meter

Question 629916: find the dimensions of a rectangle whose area is 144sq.meter

Found 2 solutions by killer6678, jsmallt9:
Answer by killer6678(69) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The square root of 144 is 12
Therefore the dimensions of this rectangle is that its width and length are both 12. A rectangle is considered a square or the other way around.
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are some problems with the other tutor's solution:
He provided only one solution. There are literally an infinite number of rectangles whose area is 144 sq. meters: 1 x 144, 2 x 72, 3 x 48, 0.5 x 288, 0.1 x 1440, 1.5 x 96, etc. As long as a rectangle's length times width equals 144, then that rectangle has the right area.
Squares are, like he/she said, a kind of rectangle. But most rectangles are not squares. Only the rectangles with 4 equal sides are squares.

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