document.write( "Question 118066: Find the area of the rectangle. Top side= square root of 3 + square root of 5 and the right side= square root of 3 + square root of 5 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #86135 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Remember the area of a rectangle is \"A=L%2AW\". So the area is \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29\" Plug in \"L=sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29\" and \"W=sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's foil the expression to find the area\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%283%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\" Start with the given expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%28sqrt%283%29%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%28highlight%28sqrt%283%29%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\" Multiply the First terms:\"%28sqrt%283%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%29=sqrt%283%29%5E2=3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%28sqrt%283%29%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%283%29%2Bhighlight%28sqrt%285%29%29%29\" Multiply the Outer terms:\"%28sqrt%283%29%29%2A%28sqrt%285%29%29=sqrt%283%29sqrt%285%29=sqrt%283%2A5%29=sqrt%2815%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28sqrt%283%29%2Bhighlight%28sqrt%285%29%29%29%28highlight%28sqrt%283%29%29%2Bsqrt%285%29%29\" Multiply the Inner terms:\"%28sqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%283%29%29=sqrt%285%29sqrt%283%29=sqrt%285%2A3%29=sqrt%2815%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28sqrt%283%29%2Bhighlight%28sqrt%285%29%29%29%28sqrt%283%29%2Bhighlight%28sqrt%285%29%29%29\" Multiply the Last terms:\"%28sqrt%285%29%29%2A%28sqrt%285%29%29=sqrt%285%29%5E2=5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%2Bsqrt%2815%29%2Bsqrt%2815%29%2B5\" Now collect every term to make a single expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"8%2B2sqrt%2815%29\" Now combine like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29\" foils and simplifies to \"8%2B2sqrt%2815%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, \"%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29%28sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29=8%2B2sqrt%2815%29\"\r
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