SOLUTION: SOLVING APPLICATIONS An architect has allocated a rectangular space of 703 ft^2 for a square dining room and a 18 ft wide kitchen. Find both the width of the square dining room

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Question 1065994: SOLVING APPLICATIONS
An architect has allocated a rectangular space of 703 ft^2 for a square dining room and a 18 ft wide kitchen. Find both the width of the square dining room and the length of the entire rectangular space

Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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The dimensions of the dining room (square shape) are x and x.
The dimensions of the dining room are x and 18.

The combined area is x%5E2%2B18x=703

Solve for x.
The length of the entire combined rectangle is x+18.



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x=19 and x+18=37