SOLUTION: The number of inches in both the length and the width of a rectangle are prime numbers. The area of the rectangle is 391 square inches. What is the number of inches in the perimete
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Question 507528: The number of inches in both the length and the width of a rectangle are prime numbers. The area of the rectangle is 391 square inches. What is the number of inches in the perimeter of the rectangle?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of inches in both the length and the width of a rectangle are prime numbers.
The area of the rectangle is 391 square inches.
What is the number of inches in the perimeter of the rectangle?
:
prime factor 391: 17, 23
:
2(17) + 2(23) = 80 inches is the perimeter
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