SOLUTION: can u help me with this question: the length of each side of a square is 5in more than the length of each side of a smaller square. the difference of the areas of the squares is 95

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Question 336677: can u help me with this question: the length of each side of a square is 5in more than the length of each side of a smaller square. the difference of the areas of the squares is 95in2. find the lengths of the sides of the two squares
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Let represent the measure of the side of the larger square. Then the measure of the side of the smaller square is . Therefore the area of the larger square is and the area of the smaller square is . And since the difference in the areas is we can say:



Solve for and then subtract 7 to get the two length measures.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it