document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=174169>Question 174169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A house had two rooms of equal area. One room is square and the other roon is a rectangle 4ft narrower and 5ft longer than the square one. Find the area of each room. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #129100 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=129100\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=side length of square\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"A house had two rooms of equal area. One room is square and the other room is a rectangle 4ft narrower and 5ft longer than the square one.\", this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2=%28x%2B5%29%28x-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2=%28x%2B5%29%28x-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2=%28x%2B5%29%28x-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2=%28x%2B5%29%28x-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2=x%5E2%2Bx-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2=x%5E2%2Bx-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > FOIL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0=x%5E2%2Bx-20-x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0=x%5E2%2Bx-20-x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0=x-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0=x-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add 20 to both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which means that the side length of the square is 20 ft. So the area of the square is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%5E2=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%5E2=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the length of the rectangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2B5=25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2B5=25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft and the width is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20-4=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20-4=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft. So the area of the rectangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25%2A16=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25%2A16=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > square feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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