The area of a rectangle is $16 s q c m,$ then what are the possible dimensions of the rectangle?

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Solution

Let length and breadth of rectangle be $x$ and $y$ respectively.
So, area of rectangle $= x \times y$
$= x y$
Now, area is given by $16 s q c m .$
So, $x y = 16$
So, possible dimensions of rectangle are $(1, 16); (2, 8); (4, 4); (8, 2); (16, 1)$

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