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document.write( "Find the length of the sides of a square if the number of square meters in its area is 1.5 timea the number of meters in its perimeter.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = side of the square<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = 1.5(4x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 - 6x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x-6) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 meters </SPAN>\n" );
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