Tatami mats are used as a floor covering in Japan. One possible layout uses four identical rectangular mats and one scquare mat, as shown. The area of the square mat is half the area of one of the rectangular mats.

a. write and solve an equation to find the area of one rectangular mat.

b. the length of a rectangular mat is twice the width. find the dimensions of one rectangular mat.

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