The side of a square is x meters long. The length of a rectangle is 2 meters longer than the side of the
square and the width of the rectangle is 2 meters shorter than the side of the square.
1. What is the area of the square ?
2. What is the area of the rectangle?
3. Which has a greater area ? By how much?
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
im not sure if this makes sense
ar= area of rectangle
as= area of square
as= x^2
ar= l x w
ar= (x+2)(x-2)
ar= x^2-4
x^2 is greater than x^2-4 so
as is greater than the area of rectangle by 4
hope this helps