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counting and probability intermediate

Problem

A rectangle has a perimeter of 64 inches and each side has an integer length. How many non-congruent rectangles meet these criteria?
Solution
Call the height and the width . We want to find the number of solutions to or . The solutions to this are There are 31 solutions to this, but we are double-counting all the rectangles for which . There are 30 of these, so the total number of rectangles is rectangles.
Final answer
16