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While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three square wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer than the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilometers, then what is the area of each field?
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Let x be the side of the smallest field. The side of the smallest field is chosen as variable because side of other two fields are given with respect to smallest field.
Side of the other field = side of smallest field + 1 = x +1
Side of largest field = ...
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