document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13807>Question 13807</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A RECTANGLEHAS A SQUARE CUT FROM IT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THE PART LEFT BEHIND (ANOTHER RECTANGLE) IS SIMILAR TO (THAT IS, SCALED VERSION OF) THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF THE BREADTH OF THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE IS 1 WHAT IS THE LENGTH (TO 3 DECIMAL PLACES)?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GO ABOUT ANSWERING THE ABOVE MATHS PROBLEM? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let this be the figure<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|------|----|1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "|--1---|-x--|<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the length of the original rectangle is 1+x and breadth is 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the length of the new rectangle is 1 and breadth is x]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so     (1+x):1  =1:x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so     solving this we get (x^2)+x+1=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve it by the formula <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   to get the ans <BR>\n" );
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