SOLUTION: A family in Japan has a square home with 4 square rooms measuring 121 ft squared each. Removable, sliding paper screens separate the rooms. In the summer they remove the screens to

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Question 173521: A family in Japan has a square home with 4 square rooms measuring 121 ft squared each. Removable, sliding paper screens separate the rooms. In the summer they remove the screens to allow a breeze to go through and the house becomes one large room. What would be the dimensions of this large room? Explain your answer.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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each room is 11x11 sq feet. The dimensions of the large room would be 22x22 feet sq ft
:2 rooms are next to each other determining the length and two rooms are next to each other determining the width 11(2)=22 for the length and 11(2) for the width