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geometry intermediate

Problem

Five identical rectangles are arranged to form a larger rectangle , as shown. The area of is . What is the length, , rounded off to the nearest integer?
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Solution
Let be the width of each of the identical rectangles. Since , and (because is a rectangle), then , or Therefore, the area of each of the five identical rectangles is Since the area of is 4000 and it is made up of five of these identical smaller rectangles, then or or or which, when rounded off to the nearest integer, is
Final answer
35