SOLUTION: 10 ft of wire cut into 2 pieces. One is x ft long. Each wire shape into a square. Expression represents sum of areas in square feet. 2 square in terms of x?

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Question 606568: 10 ft of wire cut into 2 pieces. One is x ft long. Each wire shape into a square. Expression represents sum of areas in square feet. 2 square in terms of x?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The two pieces are +x+ ft and +10+-+x+ ft long
If I make a square out of the x ft length,
each side will be +x%2F4+ ft long, and the area
will be +%28x%2F4%29%5E2+=+x%5E2%2F16+ ft2
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Each side of the other square will be +%28+10+-+x+%29%2F4+ long
The area is +%28%2810+-+x+%29%2F4%29%5E2+=+%28+10+-+x+%29%5E2%2F16+ ft2