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document.write( "Area = 858 by 1365 dm (decimeters)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "858 = 2*3*11*13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1365 = 3*5*7*13<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Common factors are 3 & 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*13 = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "858/39 = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1365/39 = 35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fewest tiles are 39 dm square, or 3.9 meters square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 22*35 = 770 of them<BR>\n" );
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