document.write( "Question 1184834: The width and length of a rectangle respectively 2 less and 3 more than the length of the side of a square. If the area of the rectangle is 4 more the area of the square, find the dimensions of the rectangle and the area of the square \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the side of the square be x

\n" ); document.write( "Then the dimensions of the rectangle are x-2 and x+3

\n" ); document.write( "The area of the rectangle is 4 more than the area of the square:

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\n" ); document.write( "That equation is easily solved using basic algebra; I leave it to you to do that.

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