SOLUTION: Last year Grandpa Jones had a small square garden. This year he has a square garden that is 112 sq feet in area. Each side of the new garden is 2 feet longer than triple each side

Question 982004: Last year Grandpa Jones had a small square garden. This year he has a square garden that is 112 sq feet in area. Each side of the new garden is 2 feet longer than triple each side of the old garden. find the dimensions of each garden?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let ft = the side of the 1st garden
ft = the side of the 2nd garden
given:

Divide through by

Use the quadratic formula:

and

The side of the 1st garden is 2.861 ft
The side of the 2nd garden is 10.583 ft
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check:

close enough
Hope I got it!
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