document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133936>Question 1133936</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In two square plots of grass, a side of one is ten yards longer than the side of the other, and areas are as 25 to 9.  What are lengths of sides?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A square has equal sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of square = x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let squares be square a and square b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = a + 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure how to continue.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In two square plots of grass, a side of one is ten yards longer than the side of the other, and areas are as 25 to 9.  What are lengths of sides?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A square has equal sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of square = x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let squares be square a and square b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = a + 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure how to continue. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">If each side of the smaller square is \"a,\" as you indicated, then each side of the larger square = a + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then get: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+a%5E2%2F%28a+%2B+10%29%5E2%2C+%22=%22%2C+9%2F25%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+a%5E2%2F%28a+%2B+10%29%5E2%2C+%22=%22%2C+9%2F25%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve this for \"a,\" a side of the <b><u>smaller square</b></u>, and you should get a length of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+15%2C+yards%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+15%2C+yards%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 10 to that to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+25%2C+yards%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+25%2C+yards%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as <b><u>the length of each side of the larger square.</b></u> </SPAN>\n" );
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