Answer:
Length of rectangular strip = 12
area of rectangular strip = 2*12 = 24
Area of square = x^2 = 12^2 = 144
Step-by-step explanation:
Area of square x^2
area of rectangle is given by length * width
Length of rectangular strip = x
width of rectangular strip = 2
area of rectangular strip = length * width = 2*x = 2x
Area of square piece of paper when rectangular strip is taken away from it
= Area of square - area of rectangular strip
= 
It is given that Area of square piece of paper when rectangular strip is taken away from it is 120 square units.
Thus,

Thus,
either x+10 = 0 or x -12= 0
x = -10 or x = 12
but length cannot be negative hence neglecting x = -10
hence value of x is 12.
Hence,
Length of rectangular strip = 12
area of rectangular strip = 2*12 = 24
Area of square = x^2 = 12^2 = 144
Answer:
BE = FC = 3 inches, EF = 2 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
The sum of angles A and D is 180°, so the sum of their half-angles is 90°. That is, half of A plus half of B add to 90°, so the bisector from B intersects AE at a right angle. Call that point of intersection X.
Then angle ABX = angle EBX, so triangle ABX is congruent to triangle EBX. Sides AB and BE are corresponding sides of congruent triangles.
The same argument applies to sides DC and CF.
Thus we have BE = CF = 3 inches, and EF is the left-over distance, 2 inches.
Notice this is a geometric progression since each number multiplied by some factor equals the next number in the sequence, in this case,

Then by applying the formula for sum to infinity of a geometric progression,