SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 352 square inches. The measure of each of the shorter sides equals the perimeter of a square with 4-inch sides. What is the measure of each of the longer

Question 888030: The area of a rectangle is 352 square inches. The measure of each of the shorter sides equals the perimeter of a square with 4-inch sides. What is the measure of each of the longer sides of the rectangle?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter is the sum of the length of all sides.
For a square with 4-inch sides,

or .
I would call the measure of the shorter sides of the rectangle (for width).
I would call the measure of the longer sides of the rectangle (for length).
If each of the shorter sides of the rectangle measure
,
knowing that for the rectangle
, we figure that
, so

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