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document.write( "A photo is 3 inches longer that it is wide. A 2 inch border is placed around the photo making the total area of the photo and border 108in^2. What are the dimensions of the photo? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A photo is 3 inches longer that it is wide. A 2 inch border is placed around the photo making the total area of the photo and border 108in^2. What are the dimensions of the photo?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = width of the photo<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+3 = the length of the photo<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The dimensions of the total area (photo and border):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4) = width <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+3)+4 = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+7) = length <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total area equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+4)(x+7) = 108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FOIL<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 11x + 28 = 108<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + 11x + 28 - 108 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The quadratic equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 11x - 80 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve this for x to get the width of the photo </SPAN>\n" );
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