SOLUTION: The owners would like to install a wood border around a stone floor, as shown in the picture below. They have determined that the area of wood necessary is given by the polynomial
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Question 1086698: The owners would like to install a wood border around a stone floor, as shown in the picture below. They have determined that the area of wood necessary is given by the polynomial 4w2+70w, where w represents the width of the wood border. The owners can only afford 74 square feet of wood. Determine the width of the wood border. Hint: set the area of the wood equal to 74 and solve the resulting quadratic equation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
complete the square
The width of the border is 1 ft
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