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document.write( "If you want the rectangles to be similar, use a proportion.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/42 = 36/55<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 42(36/55)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 27.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to maintain equal area,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (36*55)/42 = 47.14<BR>\n" );
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