SOLUTION: The area of a square is 5 more than its perimeter. What is the length of a side?
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Question 196281: The area of a square is 5 more than its perimeter. What is the length of a side?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a square is 
and the perimeter of a square is 
, so if the area is 5 more than the perimeter:
Solve the quadratic for 
but exclude the negative root because you are looking for a positive measure of length.
John
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