Problema Solution
Regina has received a pet rabbit from her neighbor Rodney who is about to move to an apartment that does not allow pets. Her father is going to help her build a run for the rabbit in their back yard, but he wants Regina to design it. Regina sits down to think about the possibilities. Her father says that the run must be rectangular with whole number dimensions. If they want to enclose 48 square feet, how many options do they have?
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48 prime factors to 2^4*3
from among those prime factors we can have the following options for width x length:
2, 24
4, 12
8, 6
16, 3
there are four options