How to Solve This 5-Square Math Puzzle

<p>So&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">World of Engineering</a>&nbsp;posted&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1660639986561998853" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this puzzle</a>&nbsp;online, and since there&rsquo;s confusion in the comments, I thought I&rsquo;d clear things up.</p> <p>The situation is simple: we have 5 squares of varying sizes, the smallest of which is 1 by 1 (the unit doesn&rsquo;t matter here). They are arranged in the pattern seen above, and the question is: what is the value of&nbsp;<em>h</em>?</p> <p>At first, it may seem like we don&rsquo;t have enough information to solve this puzzle. But we do! Remember, squares have&nbsp;<em>equal</em>&nbsp;width and height.</p> <p>So let&rsquo;s start by calling the width (and therefore height) of the second smallest square&nbsp;<em>x</em>:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/street-science/how-to-solve-this-5-square-math-puzzle-ff7b047b6087"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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