document.write( "Question 1079663: A square and a rectangle have the same width. The length of the rectangle is 4 times it's width. The sum of the two areas is 44m^2.
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document.write( "Find the area of the rectangle. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #693912 by jorel1380(3719)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let w be the width of the square and the rectangle. Then the rectangles length is 4w. So: \n" ); document.write( "w(4w)+w(w)=44 \n" ); document.write( "5w²=44 \n" ); document.write( "w=√(44/5) \n" ); document.write( "The length of the rectangle is 4√(44/5)~11.87 meters. ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( " |