Playing with squares
Geometry
Level
1
There are red and blue squares of sides 12 cm and 18 cm respectively. The smallest possible rectangle that can be made by using at least one square from each type consists of how many squares?
The answer is 5.
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1 solution
To find one side just add two sides(atleast one) i.e 18+12=30 and to find second sidefind LCM of two square sides which is 36 (3 12side cube and 2 18side cube)