Problema Solution
the sides of a square are increased to form a rectangle. one side is increased by 3 units and the other side is increased by 4 units. the area of the rectangle is 110 square units. what was the length of the side of the square?
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Let 'x' represent the length of the side of the square, x>0.
(x + 3)*(x + 4) = 110
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x = 7 units
We need to ignore the negative solution -11 since the length of the side can not be negative.
The length of the side of the square was 7 units.