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The figure below is a square with an area of 625 square centimeters. The length of a rectangle is 40% more than the length of the square. Find the length of the rectangle.

The figure below is a square with an area of 625 square centimeters. The length of a rectangle is 40% more than the length of the square. Find the length of the rectangle.
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The figure below is a square with an area of 625 square centimeters. The length of a rectangle is 40% more than the length of the square. Find the length of the rectangle.

User Dmitri Safine
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For a square:

A = s2, where s = side (the length and the width are the same)
625 = s2
±25 = s

length of rectangle = 1.4 · length of square
length of rectangle = 1.4(25)
length of rectangle = 35
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