SOLUTION: 4. Translate the following into a quadratic equation, and solve it: The length of a rectangular garden is four times its width; if the area of the garden is 196 square meters, wha

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Question 199097: 4. Translate the following into a quadratic equation, and solve it: The length of a rectangular garden is four times its width; if the area of the garden is 196 square meters, what are its dimensions?
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Let represent the width. Therefore represents the length. The area of a rectangle is given by length times width, so:



The solution is left as an exercise for the student.

John