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Lee wants to cut this piece of canvas into two rectangles that are 3x2 and 3x5. He wants the sum of the two small rectangles to be the same as the area of the large rectangle. Can he do this? explain

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Yes he can because if you multiply 3x2 and 3x5 and find the sum which is 6 and 15 find TLCM you get 30 so yes
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