SOLUTION: a landscape architect is designing a rectangular flowerbed to be border with 28 plants that are placed 1 meter apart. He needs an inner rectangular space in the center for plants t

Question 1061736: a landscape architect is designing a rectangular flowerbed to be border with 28 plants that are placed 1 meter apart. He needs an inner rectangular space in the center for plants that must be 1 meter from the border of the bed and that require 24 square meters for planting. What should the overall dimensions of the flowerbed be?
how should i tackle this kind of problem when solving?
thank you!!!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think if you were to walk around the flowerbed,
there would be m
This tells me that:

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From the other data I conclude that:

multiply both sides by

Use quadratic formula

You can finish -find then
Check all my math, too

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