document.write( "Question 23215: a mason builds two patios with the same area. One is a square and the other is a rectangle 10m longer but 8m shoter width than the sqaure what is the area of each patio?
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Let x = side of the square
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\n" ); document.write( "x-8 = width of the rectangle\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of Square = Area of Rectangle
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2+=+%28x%2B10%29%28x-8%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2+=+x%5E2+%2B+2x+-+80\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Subtract \"x%5E2\" from each side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0=+2x+-+80+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"80=2x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=40\" meters\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of square = \"x%5E2+=+40%5E2+=+1600+m%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "Area of rectangle = \"%28x%2B10%29%2A%28x-8%29+=+50%2A32+=+1600+m%5E2\"\r
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