document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=439180>Question 439180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have been up for the whole night working on other math h.w. Now im on this one and my brain is completely dead and i can jus not figure it out. I know that to find the perimeter of a square is 4s. Then to find the area is s^4. After that my brains jus goes dead\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of square one is 36 cm. greater than the perimeter of square two. The area of squar eone is 243 square cm more than  the area of square two. Find the are of the larger square. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #303515 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><B>Gogonati(855)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Gogonati><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=303515\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x cm the perimeter of square 2, and x/4 the length of its side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter of square 1 is (x+36) cm and its side (x+36)/4 cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of square 2 is:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F4%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F4%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and the area of square 1 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28x%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28x%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the areas of these two squares differ with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=243cm%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"243cm%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > we write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%28x%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2-%28x%2F4%29%5E2=243 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%28x%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2-%28x%2F4%29%5E2=243\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, solving the final equation we find x=36 cm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a larger square is:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%2836%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2=324cm%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%2836%2B36%29%2F4%29%5E2=324cm%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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