SOLUTION: seamus is using all 120inches of a piece of copper wire to build a rectangle that is five times as long as it is wide and a square whose side lenght is the same as the width of the

Question 809133: seamus is using all 120inches of a piece of copper wire to build a rectangle that is five times as long as it is wide and a square whose side lenght is the same as the width of the rectangle what is the area of the square?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L = 5W
W = (1/5)L
s = W
4s + 2L + 2W = 120
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2W + 2L + 2W = 120
4W + 2L = 120
(4/5)L + (10/5)L = 120
(14/5)L = 120
L = 120(5/14)
L = 600/14
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L = 300/7
s = 60/7
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Answer:
a = 3600/49 = 73.47 sq.in.
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