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put this solution on YOUR website!Let call the first square side a and the second square side b.
The perimeters are,
and the areas are,
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"perimeter of one square exceeds that of another by 16"
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its area is 44 less than 4 times the area of the other
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Use eq. 1 to come up with an expression for a in terms of b.
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Now substitute that expression for a in eq. 2 and solve for b.
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We'll only solve for the positive b solution since a negative length doesn't make sense.
From eq. 1,
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