SOLUTION: Find the area of the rectangle. Top side= square root of 3 + square root of 5 and the right side= square root of 3 + square root of 5

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Question 118066: Find the area of the rectangle. Top side= square root of 3 + square root of 5 and the right side= square root of 3 + square root of 5
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember the area of a rectangle is . So the area is

Plug in and



Now let's foil the expression to find the area



Start with the given expression

Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:


Multiply the First terms:


Multiply the Outer terms:


Multiply the Inner terms:


Multiply the Last terms:


Now collect every term to make a single expression



Now combine like terms


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Answer:
So foils and simplifies to

In other words,


So the area is

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