SOLUTION: John wants to fence a 150 square rectangular field. He wants the length and width to be natural numbers. What field dimensions will require the least amount of fencing?

Question 387878: John wants to fence a 150 square rectangular field. He wants the length and width to be natural numbers. What field dimensions will require the least amount of fencing?
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John wants to fence a 150 square rectangular field.
He wants the length and width to be natural numbers.
What field dimensions will require the least amount of fencing?
:
Least amt of fencing would be a square
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The square root of 150 is 12.47, nearest value that is factor of 150 = 10
:
A field 10 by 15 would use least amt of fencing and have integer values for L & W
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