SOLUTION: find the ara of the rectangle top is square root of 3+square root of 5 right side is the same

Question 83446: find the ara of the rectangle
top is square root of 3+square root of 5
right side is the same
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of a rectangle is L*W. It seems that the length and width are the same:

AREA =
A=

You must multiply this out, like a FOIL problem:
A=
A=

Notice that the middle terms are like terms, and they combine
A=
A =

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