10. Fish don't drown (; nice try tho
When you have factors in shapes you must remember:
circumference and perimeter are in one unit measures
area is in squared units
volume is in cubed units
So, when the circumference of A is 4 times that of C there is a factor of 4.
Since we need to know the area the factor 4 will change to a factor of 4² since area is a squared unit.
The solution is 4²=16, the are of circle A is sixteen times the area of circle B.
Because they don’t have the same variables
Area = length *width
A = x²
3x² = (x+10)(x+12)
3x² = x²+10x+12x+120
3x² = x²+22x+120
3x²-3x² = x²+22x+120-3x²
0 = -2x²+22x+120
Factor to solve for x:
-2(x²-11x-60)
(x+4)(x-15)
x = -4 & x = 15 but we can't have a negative length so we eliminate 4. The length of the square is 15 cm.
