SOLUTION: A wire 44 inches is cut into 2 pieces each of which is bent into a square. If the sum of the 2 squares is 65 sq. inches how long is each piece of wire?
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Question 357022: A wire 44 inches is cut into 2 pieces each of which is bent into a square. If the sum of the 2 squares is 65 sq. inches how long is each piece of wire? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A wire 44 inches is cut into 2 pieces each of which is bent into a square.
If the sum of the 2 squares is 65 sq. inches how long is each piece of wire?
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This is an impossible problem, sum of squares cannot be 65 sq in.
To illustrate:
22^2 + 22^2 = 968
43^2 + 1^2 = 1850
