SOLUTION: Find an application for your chosen field--- which is psychology or really anything-- or one of interest that involves solving a quadratic equation and post the problem and soluti

Question 324494: Find an application for your chosen field--- which is psychology or really anything-- or one of interest that involves solving a quadratic equation and post the problem and solution (not just answer but how to solve it).

I am really stuck on this and any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming your chosen field is lawn care, how about this one?
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Glenn cuts half a rectangular lawn, 40m by 30m, by mowing strips of equal width around the perimeter.
Brad cuts the small rectangular left.
How wide a strip does Glenn cut so that they share the work equally?
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Find the area of the whole lawn: 40 * 30 = 1200 sq/m
then half of lawn: 1200/2 = 60 sq/m
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Let x = width of the strip mown by Glenn equal half the area
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Dimension of the remaining rectangle
(40-2x) by (30-2x)
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Half the area:
(40-2x)(30-2x) = 600
FOIL
1200 - 80x - 60x + 4x^2 = 600
:
1200 - 140x + 4x^2 - 600 = 0
Arrange as a quadratic equation
4x^2 - 140x + 600 = 0
Simplify, divide by 4
x^2 - 35x + 150 = 0
Factor
(x-5)(x-30) = 0
The reasonable solution is:
x = 5 m is the width of Glenn's strip
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Check solution by finding the area of the remaining rectangle
40-10)*(30-10) = 600
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Note if they insist on the quadratic formula, solve;

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