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Give the dimensions of the rectangle with an area of 100 square units and whole
number
side lengths that has:

a. the largest perimeter
b. the smallest perimeter

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Answer:

a. 2 and 50

b. 10 and 10

Explanation:

Let's denote the side lengths by x and y.

The area is 100 which means that x*y=100.

The only whole numbers which satisfy this are the following:

2,50

4,25

5,20

10,10

Just go through them one by one and find your answer.

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