SOLUTION: A corporation bought a square lot for its branch office for P pesos. If the cost of the lot was S pesos per square meter, find the length of the lot?

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Question 955305: A corporation bought a square lot for its branch office for P pesos. If the cost of the lot was S pesos per square meter, find the length of the lot?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let's assume that the lot size is X.
The area would be,
A=X%5E2
Then,
S%2AA=P
S%2AX%5E2=P
So,
X%5E2=P%2FS
X=sqrt%28P%2FS%29