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Peter G.
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Hi,
A strand of wire of length 32 cm is cut into two pieces One piece is bent to form a rectangle of width x cm and length (x+2) cm and the other piece is bent to form a square:
Show that the square has sides of length of (7-x) cm.
There are no answers in my book and I wanted to check whether what I did is right:
Length used in the total rectangle: 2x + 2(x+2) = 4x + 4
Square has 4 equal sides, hence, 4x:
4x + 4 + 4x = 32
4x = 28 - 4x
x = 7 - x
Thanks,
Peter G.
A strand of wire of length 32 cm is cut into two pieces One piece is bent to form a rectangle of width x cm and length (x+2) cm and the other piece is bent to form a square:
Show that the square has sides of length of (7-x) cm.
There are no answers in my book and I wanted to check whether what I did is right:
Length used in the total rectangle: 2x + 2(x+2) = 4x + 4
Square has 4 equal sides, hence, 4x:
4x + 4 + 4x = 32
4x = 28 - 4x
x = 7 - x
Thanks,
Peter G.