document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=336677>Question 336677</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can u help me with this question: the length of each side of a square is 5in more than the length of each side of a smaller square. the difference of the areas of the squares is 95in2. find the lengths of the sides of the two squares </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the measure of the side of the larger square.  Then the measure of the side of the smaller square is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 5\">.  Therefore the area of the larger square is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x^2\"> and the area of the smaller square is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x\ -\ 5)^2\">.  And since the difference in the areas is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 95\text{ in^2}\"> we can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2\ -\ (x\ -\ 5)^2\ =\ 95\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and then subtract 7 to get the two length measures.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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