document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=398282>Question 398282</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a rectangle is five times the area of a square. If the rectangle is 50 inches long, and 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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " inches (length of rectangle)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  inches (width of rectangle)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  inches (side length of square) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the rectangle is 50 inches long, and the width of the rectangle is the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( " as the length of a side of the square, find the dimensions of both the rectangle and the square. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = side of the square, and width of the rectangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s^2 = area of the square<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50s = area of the rectangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It says,\"The area of a rectangle is five times the area of a square.\" therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50s = 5s^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 5s, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 = s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width of rect and side of square = 10 inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10^2 = 100 sq/inches the area of the square<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50*10 = 500 sq/inches the area of the rectangle (5 times the square) </SPAN>\n" );
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