document.write( "Question 193341: The area of a rectangle is twice the area of a square. If the length of a rectangle is 10 inches, and if the width of the rectangle is the same as the length of a side of the square, find the dimensions of both the rectangle and the square. (Hint, draw a picture of both the rectangle and the square.)\r
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document.write( "This is not from a book, it is a question from a math review that I can not figure out how to answer and the book we have does not help at all.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #145146 by RAY100(1637)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! draw a rough sketch of rectangle(10XS) and a square (SXS) \n" ); document.write( "note Ar=2As \n" ); document.write( "10s=2s^2 \n" ); document.write( "0=2s^2-10s \n" ); document.write( "0=(2s)(s-5) \n" ); document.write( "2s=s, s=0,,,,,trivial answer \n" ); document.write( "s-5=0,,,,s=5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "check \n" ); document.write( "10*5=50=2*5^2=50 ,,,,ok \n" ); document.write( " |