Question

The area of a square mirror is 256in squared. A rectangular mirror has a width the same as the square mirrors width. Its length is two inches longer than its width. What is the area of the rectangular mirror?

Answer 1

Given that Area of the square mirror = 256 square inches

We know that area of square is given by formula

Area = x^2, where x is the side of the square

plug the given value

256=x^2

take square root

16=x

Hence width of the square is 16 inches.

Given that a rectangular mirror has a width the same as the square mirrors width.

Then width of the rectangle = 16 inches

Length of the rectangle = 16+2 = 18 inches

Area of rectangle = Length * width = 16*18 = 288

Hence final answer is 288 square inches.