SOLUTION: The side of a square equals the width of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 8 meters longer than its width. The sum of the areas of the square and the rectangle is 234 squ

Question 1017701: The side of a square equals the width of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 8 meters longer than its width. The sum of the areas of the square and the rectangle is 234 square meters.Find the side of the square.
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
yourquestion then is find the side of the square:
Area of a square is S^2, in this problem it's 234. Find length o sides.
S^2 = 234
sqrtS^2 = sqrt 234
S = 15.3
Answer by MathTherapy(10556) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The side of a square equals the width of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 8 meters longer than its width. The sum of the areas of the square and the rectangle is 234 square meters.Find the side of the square.

Length of 1 side of square:
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