document.write( "Question 1075047: A piece of wire is 8 inches long. The wire is cut into two pieces and then each piece is bent into a square. Find the length of each piece if the sum of the areas of these squares is to be 2 square inches \n" ); document.write( "
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\"x%2By=8\" first part.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If x and y is each used as perimeter to make a square of each, then sum of the areas is \"%28x%2F4%29%5E2%2B%28y%2F4%29%5E2=2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2By%5E2=32\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the system \"system%28x%2By=8%2Cx%5E2%2By%5E2=32%29\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2-%288-x%29%5E2=32\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2x%5E2-16x%2B64-32=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2-8x%2B16=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-4%29%5E2=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28y=x=4%29\"
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