document.write( "Question 1182281: Three identical rectangles are put together to form a bigger rectangle ABCD,
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document.write( "Since FE is made up of two shorter sides, and\r\n" );
document.write( "each is 5 feet, the longer side of each rectangle\r\n" );
document.write( "is 2 times 5 feet or 10 feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each rectangle is 10 feet by 5 feet.\r\n" );
document.write( "So the area of each one is 10x5 = 50 square feet.\r\n" );
document.write( "Since there are 3 of them, we multiply 50x3 and\r\n" );
document.write( "get 150 square feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can also get the same answer by multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "the longer side of the big rectangle, which is 15,\r\n" );
document.write( "by the shorter side of the big rectangle, which is\r\n" );
document.write( "10, and get the same answer. 15x10 = 150 square feet.\r\n" );
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