SAT Linear equations in one variable Question
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Question 1 · Easy · MathOctober 2024 Batch 1 · Q8Linear equations in one variable · 0 solved
The length of one side of a rectangle is 18 units longer than the length of another side. The rectangle's area is 544 square units. What is the length, in units, of the shorter of these two sides?
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