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Bobby has tiles that measure 18 cm by 16 cm. If he wants to arrange them to form the smallest possible square, without cutting or overlapping any of the tiles, how many cm long will each side of the square be?
Bobby has tiles that measure 18 cm by 16 cm. If he wants to arrange them to form the smallest possible square, without cutting or overlapping any of the tiles, how many cm long will each side of the square be?
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The correct option is C 144 cm
Factorizing the numbers-
16 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
18 = 2 x 3 x 3
LCM = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 144 cm
144 cm
Factorizing the numbers-
16 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
18 = 2 x 3 x 3
LCM = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 144 cm
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