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document.write( " A house has two rooms of equal area. One room is squareand the other is a rectangle 4 ft narrower and 5 ft longerthan the square one. Find the area of each room.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Square room is x by x ft ; Area = x^2 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Other room is (x-4) by (x+5) ft ; Area = (x-4)(x+5) = x^2+x-20 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square area = Rectangular area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = x^2+x-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-20= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Square room area = 20^2 = 400 sq. ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rectangular room area = (20-4)(20+5) = 16*25 = 400 sq. ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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