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The area of a rectangular garden is 256 square meters. List all possible whole number dimensions that the garden can have. [2 MARKS]
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The dimensions of the garden can be found by finding the factors of the number 256.
The various factors of 256 are as follows:
256=1×256
256=2×128
256=4×64
256=8×32
256=16×16
We will stop at (16,16), because they are equal.
∴ The various dimensions of the garden can be, (1,256),(2,128),(4,64),(8,32),(16,16).
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The dimensions of the garden can be found by finding the factors of the number 256.
The various factors of 256 are as follows:
256=1×256
256=2×128
256=4×64
256=8×32
256=16×16
We will stop at (16,16), because they are equal.
∴ The various dimensions of the garden can be, (1,256),(2,128),(4,64),(8,32),(16,16).
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