4236: 32

[jen_aside]

Really quick--I guess it was training after all, 'cause they let me scan unimpeded today without a single "Are you bored?" line ["actually no I just wanna do my job like the contract says so I can keep working vs. getting dumped for NOT DOING MY JOB"], though I accidentally answered my phone [there are two lines, one a backup of the loading dock

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[digoraccoon]

Q1: [Answer]123, 246, 369

[jen_aside]

Q1: The largest any digit can be is 9, and the smallest is 1. Therefore, three of the smallest numbers are 1, 2, and 3, which become 2, 4, and 6 when multiplied by 2, and 3, 6, and 9 when multiplied by 3. Thus, the triplets are 123, 246, and 369. [which seems like stating the obvious so badly as to be baffling in the, "this needed to be explained?" sense]

Q2: The perimeter of a rectangle is merely the lengths of all its sides added together. A rectangle formed by bisecting a square into two equal rectangles creates sides such that each of the longer legs is equal to twice the length of either of the shorter legs [where X is the length of a shorter leg, 2X is the length of a longer leg]. The perimeter of such a rectangle is X + 2X + X + 2X, or 6X, which equals 36. X is therefore 6, so the length of a leg of the square is 12. The area of the square is X * X, or 12 * 12 = 144.