SOLUTION: Find the area of the rectangle top side of the rectangle is sqrt (3) + sqrt (5) side of the rectangle is sqrt (3) + sqrt (5)

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Question 99152: Find the area of the rectangle
top side of the rectangle is sqrt (3) + sqrt (5)
side of the rectangle is sqrt (3) + sqrt (5)
Answer by Adam(64) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is the special case of rectangle where all sides have same length, which we denote a. There is formula for surface area of rectangle with side a S+=+a%5E2 Thus S+=+%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%5E2
we can use %28a%2Bb%29%5E2=a%5E2%2B2ab%2Bb%5E2
3+2*(sqrt(3)*sqrt(5)+5
now we can use sqrt%28x%29+=+x%5E%281%2F2%29 and a%5Ex%2Ab%5Ex=%28a%2Ab%29%5Ex and we get
=8%2B%283%2A5%29%5E1%2F2
=8%2B15%5E1%2F2
=8%2Bsqrt%2815%29 which is around 11.873
If you are interested in higher mathematics, area of rectangle can also be computed using definite integral int%28a%2Cdx%2Ca%2Cb%29 where a is constant function and integration bounds define left and right side, in our case it would be int%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%2Cdx%2C0%2Csqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29 = F(b)-F(a) =%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29-0 whic leads to same result.