SOLUTION: the sum of the areas of two squares is 234 square inches. Each side of the larger square is five times the length of a side of the smaller square. Find the length of a side of each
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Question 856877: the sum of the areas of two squares is 234 square inches. Each side of the larger square is five times the length of a side of the smaller square. Find the length of a side of each square.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
square I-------side----------x
square II--------side--------5x
x^2+(5x)^2= 234
x^2+25x^2=234
26x^2=234
x^2= 234/26
x^2=9
x= 3 (positive value)
Sides are 3 & 15
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