Question

Lata has collected 75 pennies, Lata's father says that if she arranges the pennies in 15 rows, Lata will be able to make a rectangle using all of her pennies. Is her father correct?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes, Her father is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

75/15=5 which means that there will be fifteen rows, with five pennies in each row. Since one side has 5 pennies and the other has fifteen, the sides are different and form a rectangle. To check your work, you can do 15*5 which equals 75 the rectangle of pennies should look like this:

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0