SOLUTION: A concrete border is constructed around a rectangular flower bed that is 12 ft by 9 ft. find the width of the border if the total area formed by the flower bed and the border is 15
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Question 1001411: A concrete border is constructed around a rectangular flower bed that is 12 ft by 9 ft. find the width of the border if the total area formed by the flower bed and the border is 154 ft.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area border and flower bed,
Just area of bed,
The COMBINED area is A.
Take this quadratic equation as far as you can in pure symbols before substituting the values to find or evaluate the uniform border width, x.
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