Question

Mrs. johnson's and mr. wei's classes are participating in the Meridian School arts and crafts exhibit. Their spaces will be next to each other. Mrs. Johnson's space will be longer, but it will have the same width as Mr Wei's space. Ms. Johnson has 48 carpet squares. Mr Wei has 36 carpet squares. Use distributive property to find the possible whole number dimension of the classes' total exhibition space. Explain what each number means in your expressions.
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

Ms. Johnson space has 48 carpet squares.

Mr. Wei space has 36 carpet squares.

Factorize these two numbers:

$48=2\cdot 2\cdot 2\cdot 2\cdot 3\\ \\36=2\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 3$

All common factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

All possibilities:

1. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 1 carpet, then Ms. Johnson space length is 48 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 36 carpets.

2. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 2 carpets, then Ms. Johnson space length is 24 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 18 carpets.

3. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 3 carpets, then Ms. Johnson space length is 16 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 12 carpets.

4. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 4 carpets, then Ms. Johnson space length is 12 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 9 carpets.

5. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 6 carpets, then Ms. Johnson space length is 8 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 6 carpets.

6. If Ms. Johnson space width and Mr. Wei space width is 12 carpets, then Ms. Johnson space length is 4 carpets and Mr. Wei space length is 3 carpets.