document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=79449>Question 79449</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this geometry word problem with square roots.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the area of the rectangle with this measurements:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Top side of the rectangle is: sqrt3 + sqrt5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "right side of the rectangle is: sqrt3 + sqrt5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, the problem is to find the area of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you so much for your help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sean32485 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #57102 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=erimir><B>erimir(14)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=erimir><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=57102\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve this we first need to invoke the formula for the area of a rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area = length * width<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "area = a*b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that one side is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and the same goes for the other side. Hence we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+=+sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+=+sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b+=+sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b+=+sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now all we need to do is to multiply a together with b, including the WHOLE expression and setting it in parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As we may see here:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=area+=+a%2Ab+=+%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"area+=+a%2Ab+=+%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Continuing, we need to multiply each element in the first parenthesis with all the elements in the second. We then get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=area+=+%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29+=+sqrt%283%29sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29%2Bsqrt%285%29sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29sqrt%285%29+=+3+%2B+sqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29+%2B+sqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29+%2B+5+=+3+%2B+5+%2B+2sqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29+=+8+%2B+2sqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this clarified things for you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Best regards,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eric </SPAN>\n" );
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