Question
The diagrams (not drawn to scale) show a rectangular cardboard L and a square M. Vaidev cut as many squares M as he could from rectangular cardboard L. The remaining part of the rectangular cardboard L is shown in Figure 1.
  1. What is the length of NP as shown in Figure 1?
  2. What is the greatest number of squares M that Vaidev could cut from a rectangular cardboard L?
3 m
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The diagrams (not drawn to scale) show a rectangular cardboard L and a square M. Vaidev cut as many squares M as he could from rectangular cardboard L. The remaining part of the rectangular cardboard L is shown in Figure 1.
  1. What is the length of NP as shown in Figure 1?
  2. What is the greatest number of squares M that Vaidev could cut from a rectangular cardboard L?