document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=161327>Question 161327</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help please!!! I can't figure this out at all. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "While finding the amount of seed to plant his three suare wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer than the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilometers, then what is the area of each field? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let X be the length of the smallest field.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are told the second field has a side length 1 kilo longer. So its side is (X+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are also told the third field has a side length of (X+3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a square is given by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A+=+s%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A+=+s%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where s is the length of one side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total area of all 3 fields is given as 38 Km^2. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All we need to do now is add the three fields and then solve for X<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=38+=+X%5E2+%2B+%28X%2B1%29%5E2+%2B+%28X%2B3%29%5E2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"38+=+X%5E2+%2B+%28X%2B1%29%5E2+%2B+%28X%2B3%29%5E2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=38+=+X%5E2+%2B+%28X%5E2+%2B+2X+%2B1%29+%2B+%28X%5E2+%2B+6X+%2B+9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"38+=+X%5E2+%2B+%28X%5E2+%2B+2X+%2B1%29+%2B+%28X%5E2+%2B+6X+%2B+9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=38+=+3X%5E2+%2B+8X+%2B+10+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"38+=+3X%5E2+%2B+8X+%2B+10+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0+=+3X%5E2+%2B+8X+-+28 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0+=+3X%5E2+%2B+8X+-+28\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0+=+%283X+%2B+14%29%28X+-+2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0+=+%283X+%2B+14%29%28X+-+2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2B14+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2B14+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X-2+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X-2+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+-14%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+-14%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the length cannot be negative, the answer must be 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The small field is 2x2, the middle one is 3x3 and the largest one is 5x5. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is 4 + 9 + 25 = 38?<BR>\n" );
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