Mental Puzzle! ^_^ First, please view this question: http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/500c014fe4b0549a892fe7dc Now my question is this: How many combinations of WHOLE # units are there for the dimensions that can yield that total area? To be clear: No fractions. No roots. No irrationals. No imaginary #'s. Just strictly whole # units, how many combinations are possible? Have at it math people! I look forward to seeing your methods! (please don't just post your combination total, show us what you did to do it)
For reference: an isosceles trapezoid with an area of 21540 ft\(^2\) http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IsoscelesTrapezoid.html
Make sense? ^_^
Related example done, to show visually what I mean |dw:1342968040706:dw| 1m * 16m = 16m\(^2\) is also valid, however... 2\(\sqrt{2}\)m * 4\(\sqrt{2}\)m = 16 m\(^2\) gives the right area, sure; but is INVALID for this question, whole units only. \(\sqrt{2}\) isn't a whole number :-)
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