CEMC Pascal, 2006

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer Canada

Five identical rectangles are arranged to form a larger rectangle $PQRS$ , as shown. The area of $PQRS$ is $4000$ . The length, $x$ , of each of the identical rectangles is closest to

(A) $35$ (B) $39$ (C) $41$ (D) $37$ (E) $33$

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