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document.write( "I have a rectangle with an area of 1150 units. What is the height and width of this rectangle if the height and width are only whole numbers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please note that this rectangle is as close to a square as possible (the only reason it is not a perfect square is because the square root of 1150 is not a whole number)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have tried to find the answer to this by taking the square root of 1150 and multiplying integers close to it together (e.g. 34*34, 34*34, 34*33, 35*33 etc) but still come up with nothing. If you could also show me a way to solve this kind of problem I would be very grateful, as I have a few other rectangle problems like this I need solving.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks so much! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Please note that this rectangle is as close to a square as possible (the only reason it is not a perfect square is because the square root of 1150 is not a whole number)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The prime factored form of 1150 = 2*5^2*23<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The closest you can come to a square using whole numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 23*2(25) = = 46*25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So one dimension is 46; the other is 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The alternative answer would be 2*25 (23)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "giving you dimensions 50 and 23.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 46*25 is closer to a square than 50*23<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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