SOLUTION: A garden contains two square flowerbeds .The total area of the flowebed is 680 square feet , and the second bed has 288 more square feet than the first .
How many square f
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Question 550367: A garden contains two square flowerbeds .The total area of the flowebed is 680 square feet , and the second bed has 288 more square feet than the first .
How many square feet is in the first flower bed?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = area of first flowerbed
x + (x + 288) = 680
2x + 288 = 680
2x = 392
x = 196
The area of the first flowerbed is 196 ft^2.
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