Problema Solution
Two garden plots are to have the same area. One is square and one is rectangular. The rectangular plot is 4 meters wide and 9 meters long.
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let
a = the length of the side of the square plot, a>0
the area of the rectangular plot A is the product of the width and the length
A = 4*9
A = 36 m^2
the are of the square plot is A = a^2 thus we have
a^2 = 36
a = 6 m
the length of the side of the square plot is 6 meters.