SOLUTION: The area of dessert A is four times the area of dessert B. If the sum of their areas is 2,000,000 square miles, find the area of each dessert.
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Question 796372: The area of dessert A is four times the area of dessert B. If the sum of their areas is 2,000,000 square miles, find the area of each dessert.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wow. That is a lot to eat. Hope dinner was a light meal. Then again, something that large is probably a "desert". Desserts are generally a good deal smaller.
Let the area of B be 
then the area of A has to be 
. Then 
. Solve for , then calculate
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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