document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=504433>Question 504433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The combined area of a square and a rectangle is 116 square centimeters. The width of the rectangle is 2 centimeters more than the length of a side of the square, and the length of the rectangle is 2 centimeters more than its width.Find the dimensions of the square and the rectangle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The width of the rectangle is 2 centimeters more than the length of a side of the square, and the length of the rectangle is 2 centimeters more than its width.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the dimensions of the square and the rectangle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = the side of the square and the width of the rectangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding the two areas<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + x(x+2) = 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + x^2 + 2x = 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A quadratic equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 + 2x - 116 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve this using the quadratic formula: a=2; b=2; c=-116 </SPAN>\n" );
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