document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=772212>Question 772212</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having tremendous amounts of trouble on these geometry word problems on my algebra summer skills packet. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "q: the side of one square is five times that of another square. the difference in the areas is 96. find the sum of the 2 areas of the 2 squares.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I dont understand what this means by the difference is 96, or how to add that to the formula of figuring that out. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the side of the 1st square. Then the side of second square is 5x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of 1st square is x^2. The area of 2nd square is (5x)^2 = 25x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The difference of the areas is 96:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25x^2 - x^2 = 96\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24x^2 = 96\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The side of first square is 2. The side of other square is 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of areas of 2 squares is = 2^2 + 10^2 = 4 + 100 = 104.\r<BR>\n" );
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