SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 10 sqrt(10). The area of the square is 50cm^2. What is the area of a rectangle if the side of the square is the width of the rectangle?

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Question 467103: The length of a rectangle is 10 sqrt(10). The area of the square is 50cm^2. What is the area of a rectangle if the side of the square is the width of the rectangle?
Answer by poliphob3.14(115) About Me  (Show Source):
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First we find the width of the rectangle W=sqrt%2850%29=5sqrt%282%29cm.
We know that the area of rectangle is A=L*W, substituting L=10sqrt%2810%29, and
W=5sqrt%282%29 we get:A=10sqrt%2810%29%2A5sqrt%282%29=50sqrt%2820%29=100sqrt%285%29cm%5E2.