Question

The area of a rectangle of integral sides is 17. What is the length

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is given by:

Area = Length x Breadth

17 can be factorized into 1 and 17.

17 =( 1 x 17 )or (17 x 1)

Therefore, Length of the rectangle could be either 1 or 17.

Answer 2

A Rectangle is a quadrilateral with four right angles. Opposite sides are equal. Consider the length of the rectangle is always is greater than the breadth.

Given: Area of the rectangle is 17.

17 is a prime number. The factors of 17 is,

$17=17\times 1$

The length of the rectangle is 17.