Quantitative Reasoning

A rectangle has an area of 36 square inches, and each side length is a positive integer. Which of the following could be the perimeter, in inches, of the rectangle? Indicate all such values.

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Answer: A (7474) and B (3030) and C (4040) and E (2424) and G (2626)

The possible pairs of positive integer side lengths are 11 and 3636, 22 and 1818, 33 and 1212, 44 and 99, and 66 and 66. Using the perimeter formula 2(length+width)2(\text{length} + \text{width}), the corresponding perimeters are 7474, 4040, 3030, 2626, and 2424 inches. Therefore, the values that could be the perimeter are 2424, 2626, 3030, 4040, and 7474.

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