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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John wants to fence a 150 square meters rectangular field. He wants the length and width to be natural numbers {1,2,3,...}. What field dimensions will require the least amount of fencing? Show work.\r
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John wants to fence a 150 square meters rectangular field. He wants the length and width to be natural numbers {1,2,3,...}. What field dimensions will require the least amount of fencing?
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\n" ); document.write( "You could create a \"table\":
\n" ); document.write( "width length area perimeter
\n" ); document.write( "1 150 150 302
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\n" ); document.write( "3 50 150 106
\n" ); document.write( "5 30 150 70
\n" ); document.write( "6 25 150 62
\n" ); document.write( "10 15 150 50
\n" ); document.write( "15 10 150 50
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\n" ); document.write( "From the above, we see that the answer is a field that is:
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