SOLUTION: A piece of copper tubing 60 inches long is cut into two unequal pieces. Each piece is formed into a square frame. If the total area of the two frames are 117 square inches, what

Question 133123: A piece of copper tubing 60 inches long is cut into two unequal pieces. Each piece is formed into a square frame. If the total area of the two frames are 117 square inches, what is the length of each piece of tubing?
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Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given: 60 inches of pipe. cut into to pieces. Formed into 2 squares with a total area of 117 sq inches.
Let the first piece be A. Then the second piece = (60-A)
To form a square with perimeter of A, each side must be A/4. So the area of that square is
Likewise, the area of the other frame is
or
The sum of the two areas is 117
So

factor or use quadratic equation

So A is 24 and the other piece is 36.
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