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Lê Quốc Trần Anh Coordinator

11/01/2018 at 09:32
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Three rectangles have the same area. Their dimensions are m by n, (m + 2) by (n – 2) and (m - 2) by (n + 10). What is the area of each rectangle?  




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    Phan Thanh Tinh Coordinator 12/01/2018 at 23:24

    \(\left\{{}\begin{matrix}mn=\left(m+2\right)\left(n-2\right)\\mn=\left(m-2\right)\left(n+10\right)\end{matrix}\right.\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}mn-2m+2n-4=mn\\mn+10m-2n-20=mn\end{matrix}\right.\)

    \(\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}2m-2n+4=0\\10m-2n-20=0\end{matrix}\right.\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}8m-24=0\\n=m+2\end{matrix}\right.\)\(\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}m=3\\n=5\end{matrix}\right.\)

    The answer is : 3 x 5 = 15


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