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My diagram shoes two squares.The sum of their area is 58m2.The sum of the lengths of their side is10m..Find values for x and y(y >x)..no idea how to go about this..Thanks
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document.write( "One side of 1st square: x
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document.write( "One side of 2nd square: y
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document.write( "Area of 2nd square: 
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document.write( "Sum of their areas is , so:  ------ eq (i)
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document.write( "Sum of the lengths of a side of each square is 10, so: x + y = 10____y = 10 - x  ------ eq (ii)
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document.write( " ------- Substituting 10 - x for y in eq (i)
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document.write( "(x - 7)(x - 3) = 0
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document.write( "       OR       
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document.write( "If x = 7, then y = 3
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document.write( "If x = 3, then y = 7
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document.write( "However, since y > x, then the latter is the correct choice. \n" );
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