document.write( "Question 179492: i need help. can you please help me? thank you so much. here is the problem:
\n" ); document.write( "a baker has 2 pans with the same area. 1 pan is square and the other is 6 cm narrower and 8 cm longer than the square pan. find the area of each pan. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = length of one side of square pan
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\n" ); document.write( "the area of the square pan is x^2
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\n" ); document.write( "The other pan's area is:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-6)(x+8)
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\n" ); document.write( "So we now have:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = (x-6)(x+8)
\n" ); document.write( "FOIL the right:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = x^2+8x-6x-48
\n" ); document.write( "0 = 8x-6x-48
\n" ); document.write( "0 = 2x-48
\n" ); document.write( "48 = 2x
\n" ); document.write( "24 cm = x
\n" ); document.write( "So, the square pan is 24 cm by 24 cm
\n" ); document.write( "area is 576 square cm
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\n" ); document.write( "The other pan is:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-6) by (x+8)
\n" ); document.write( "(24-6) by (24+8)
\n" ); document.write( "18 cm by 32 cm (size of other pan)
\n" ); document.write( "area is 576 square cm
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