Alex is drawing rectangles with different areas on a centimetre grid he can draw 3 different rectangles with an area of 12cmsquared a) How many different rectangles could alex draw with an area of 11cmsquared? B) Give a reason for ur anwser

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Jordyn Rocha

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4 March, 07:22

Alex is drawing rectangles with different areas on a centimetre grid he can draw 3 different rectangles with an area of 12cmsquared a) How many different rectangles could alex draw with an area of 11cmsquared? B) Give a reason for ur anwser

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Jude Munoz · Answer 1

Alex can only draw a rectangle with an area of 11 cm²

The reason for the answer is that 11 is a prime number

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that Alex is drawing rectangles with different areas on a centimeter grid, and he can draw 3 different rectangles with an area of 12 cm²

We have the minimum grid length of centimeters = 1 cm, since we assume that only integers can be used.

That is to say:

12 = 1 x 12

12 = 2 x 6

12 = 3 x 4

These are the 3 different rectangles with an area of 12 cm²

Now we have to find how many rectangles Alex could draw with an area of 11 cm²

11 = 1 x 11

Therefore, only one factorization is possible. Which means that you can only draw a rectangle with an area of 11 cm²

The reason for the answer is that 11 is a prime number, which means only the common factor of 1 and the number itself, that is, 11.