SOLUTION: a photographer has 2 photos, each with same area. One is a square, the other a rectangle. If the length of the rectangle is 3 inches greater and the width is 2 inches shorter tha

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Question 616959: a photographer has 2 photos, each with same area. One is a square, the other a rectangle. If the length of the rectangle is 3 inches greater and the width is 2 inches shorter than the length of one side of the square, what are the dimensions of each photo?
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Let represent the measure of one side of the square, then the length of the rectangle is and the width of the rectangle is

The area of the square is just

And the area of the rectangle is

And these two areas are the same, so:



Expand the pair of binomials, collect like terms, and solve for

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