P is a rectangle with a length 40 cm and width x cmQ is a rectangle with width y cmthe length of Q is 25% more than the length of pthe area of Q is 10% less than the area of pwork out the ratio of x:ygive your answer in its simplest formSOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER THIS QUESTIONN

The first thing we must do for this case is to look for the area of each rectangle.
 We have then:
 A1 = (40) * (x)
 A2 = (1.25 * 40) * (y)
 Then, we have the following relationship between areas:
 "the area of Q is 10% less than the area of p"
 A2 = 0.9 * A1
 Substituting values we have:
 (1.25 * 40) * (y) = 0.9 * ((40) * (x))
 We rewrite:
 50y = 36x
 The relationship x: y is:
 x / y = (50) / (36)
 Simplifying:
 x / y = (25) / (18)
 Answer:
 the ratio of x:y is:
 25:18