SOLUTION: Directions: Tell whether or not the following situation illustrates a quadratic equation. Justify your answer by representing the situation in a mathematical sentence. A garden

Question 1185755: Directions: Tell whether or not the following situation illustrates a quadratic equation. Justify your answer by representing the situation in a mathematical sentence.
A garden 7 meters by 12 meters will be expanded by planting a border of flowers. The border will be of the same width around the entire garden and has an area of 92 square meters.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
yes this will be done as a quadratic equation.

The flower border will be the 92 square meters.
For uniform width of the flower border, u,

This will have u to the second-power, and no higher, so quadratic!
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Again, it depends on the question, which absents in your post.

For example, if the question is to find the total area of the expanded garden, then you do not need any equation.

My impression is that you are former English teacher and work now as a creator of Math problems (or try to do it . .. )

This activity (to be a composer) requires some COMPETENCE ( ! )

At least, you should know

        What the Math problems are and how to formulate them (!)

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