document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=354123>Question 354123</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular calendar has an area of 338 square inches. When folded in half, it forms a square. What is the length of the longer side of the rectangle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: begin by noting that the resulting square will have 1/2 of the area that the rectangle had.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the length of the side of the resulting square when the rectange is folded in half.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 13 in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "26in would be the length of the longer side of that rectangle </SPAN>\n" );
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