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Shirley is drawing triangles that have the same area. The base of each triangle varies inversely with the height. What are the possible base and height of a second triangle if the first triangle's base is 16 and its height is 6 ?

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If Shirley wants integer lengths, any of the following could be used:
base 8, height 12
base 4, height 24
base 2, height 48
base 1, height 96
base 32, height 3
base 48, height 2
base 96, height 1
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