SOLUTION: Mr. Cayetano plans to install a new exhaust
fan on his room’s square-shaped wall. He
asked a carpenter to make a square opening
on the wall where the exhaust fan will be
instal
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asked a carpenter to make a square opening
on the wall where the exhaust fan will be
instal
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Question 977536: Mr. Cayetano plans to install a new exhaust
fan on his room’s square-shaped wall. He
asked a carpenter to make a square opening
on the wall where the exhaust fan will be
installed. The square opening must have an
area of 0.25 m2.
1. Draw a diagram to illustrate the given situation.
2. How are you going to represent the length of a side of the square-shaped wall?
How about its area?
3. Suppose the area of the remaining part of the wall after the carpenter has made
the square opening is 6 m2. What equation would describe the area of the
remaining part of the wall?
4. How will you find the length of a side of the wall? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):