A rectangle is made up of 7 identical rectangles. Its perimeter is 364 cm. What is the length and width of each rectangle?

1 Answer
Feb 2, 2018

Each rectangle could be #13"cm" xx 91"cm"#, forming a #91"cm" xx 91"cm"# square.

Explanation:

Note that:

#364 = 2 * 2 * 7 * 13#

Since this is divisible by both #4# and #7#, there is a solution in which the #7# rectangles form a square of side #364/4 = 91"cm"#