SOLUTION: model the problem with a quadratic equation. The square tarp you are raking leaves onto has an area of 289 ft2. What is the side length of the tarp?

Question 734059: model the problem with a quadratic equation. The square tarp you are raking leaves onto has an area of 289 ft2. What is the side length of the tarp?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The square tarp you are raking leaves onto has an area of 289 ft2.
What is the side length of the tarp?
:
let x = the length of the side of the square tarp
:
The area then:
x^2 = 289
the quadratic equation could be
x^2 - 289 = 0
to solve:
x^2 = 289
x =
x = 17 ft is the length of the side
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