document.write( "Question 443941: I'm not sure if I belong here or not. To me, my problem seems like a geometry problem even though we're not studying that right now. Either way I can't figure it out. Would someone be willing to help me please? The problem is:
\n" ); document.write( "A square has an area of 16x^2+56x+49. Find the length of the side.
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A square has an area of 16x^2+56x+49.
\n" ); document.write( "I think this should be 16x^2-56x+49, otherwise you get a neg solution
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\n" ); document.write( " Find the length of the side.
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\n" ); document.write( "Note that in this expression, the 16 and 49 are perfect squares, 4^2 & -7^2
\n" ); document.write( "the coefficient of x is the sum of (4*-7)+(4*-7) therefore
\n" ); document.write( "This can be factored as a perfect square
\n" ); document.write( "(4x-7)(4x-7) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "4x = 7
\n" ); document.write( "x = $\"7%2F4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "x = 1.75 units, the side of the square \n" ); document.write( "

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