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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
GIVEN: The length of each side of a square is
inches more than the length of each side of a small square. The sum of the areas of the square is
inches.
TO FIND: the lengths of the sides of the two squares.
SOLUTION:
let the length of side of small square be 
Area of small square 
As length of each side of bigger square is
more than the smaller square
length of side of bigger square 
Area of bigger square 
Also
Sum of areas of both square 




as the length of side can never be negative

length of side of smaller square 
length of side of bigger square 

Hence the length of smaller and bigger square are
and
respectively.
a) 
The average speed is equal to the ratio between the total distance (
and the total time taken (
):

the distance travelled by the trucker in the first 3 hour can be written as the time multiplied by the velocity:

So the total distance is

The total time is equal to the first 3 hours + the time taken to cover the following 20 miles in the city:

So, the equation can be rewritten as:

b) 0.50 h (half a hour)
Since we know the value of the average speed,
, we can substitute it into the previous equation to find the value of
, the time the trucker drove in the city:

Sometimes...
2^-3 = 1/(2^3) = 1/8
-2^-3 = 1/(-2^3) = -1/8