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There is a l cross b rectangle divided into unit squares.Through how many unit squares does the diagonal of the rectangle pass?

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Honey Arora ·2009-08-13 12:55:00

No.of squares will be equal to the 'a'

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Lokesh Verma ·2009-08-13 22:07:03

The answer will be minima of l and b...

which ever is smaller.

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Debanjana Mukher ·2009-08-16 11:47:05

i think i was unable to explain the question well.total no.of unit squares is lb.how can it be minimum of l and b?No. of unit squares it passes through should be atleast the larger of l and b...pls explain..

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Lokesh Verma ·2009-08-17 02:51:27

oh ok.. sorry my wrong...

Yeah i understood the question wrongly...

Thanks for making me realize..

It seems to be a bit non trivial..

Do I give you a hint..

take the HCF of l and b.

Then think what will happen?

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