document.write( "Question 255051: A rectangle has an area of 120 sq. cm.. Its length and width are whole numbers. What are the possibilities for the two numbers? Which possibility gives the smallest perimeter? \n" ); document.write( "

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A rectangle has an area of 120 sq. cm.. Its length and width are whole numbers.
\n" ); document.write( "The different possibilities are
\n" ); document.write( "length width
\n" ); document.write( " 120 m 1 m
\n" ); document.write( " 60 m 2 m
\n" ); document.write( " 40 m 3 m
\n" ); document.write( " 30 m 4 m
\n" ); document.write( " 24 m 5 m
\n" ); document.write( " 20 m 6 m
\n" ); document.write( " 15 m 8 m
\n" ); document.write( " 12 m 10 m
\n" ); document.write( "The smallest perimeter = 2(12+10) = 2*22 = 44m \n" ); document.write( "

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