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" );
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document.write( "let x=side of square room\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = (x-4)(x+5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = x^2 + x - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting x^2-20 __ 20 = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one room is 20x20 and the other is 16x25 </SPAN>\n" );
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