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the area of a rectangle is 36 sq.cm .what is the minimum perimeter this figure can have if the sides are natural numbers in cm?

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Solution

The different factors of 36 are
1x36
2x18
3x12
4x9
6x6

Since the minimum dimensions are 6 and 6..Therefore the minimum perimeter is 2*(6+6) = 24 cm

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