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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " The solution by @mananth is incomplete and written in an inappropriate form.\r
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document.write( "In this problem,   = 20 cm^2,  so\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  base*height = 40.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The possible integer values (base,height) are listed in the table below.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    base    height\r\n" );
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document.write( "      1       40\r\n" );
document.write( "      2       20\r\n" );
document.write( "      4       10\r\n" );
document.write( "      5        8\r\n" );
document.write( "      8        5\r\n" );
document.write( "     10        4\r\n" );
document.write( "     20        2\r\n" );
document.write( "     40        1\r\n" );
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document.write( "I simply listed all possible ordered pairs of mutually-complementary divisors.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's all.\r\n" );
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