IF a matrix has 12 elements, what are the possible orders it can have? What, if it has 7 elements?

Explanation

To determine the possible orders of a matrix based on the number of elements it contains, we can follow these steps:

### Step 1: Understand the relationship between elements and matrix order
A matrix of order \( m \times n \) (where \( m \) is the number of rows and \( n \) is the number of columns) has a total of \( m \times n \) elements.

### Step 2: Find the factors of the total number of elements
To find the possible orders of a matrix with a specific number of elements, we need to find all pairs of natural numbers \( (m, n) \) such that \( m \times n \) equals the total number of elements.

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