document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23506>Question 23506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I am having a REALLY hard time with word problems right now. Could someone PLEASE help me with this problem? Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Here is the problem: A Garden plot 4 m by 12 m has one side along a fence as shown at the right. The area of the garden is to be doubled by digging a border of uniform width on the other three sides. What should the width of the border be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please HELP me??? Thank you so much! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #12389 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=12389\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Draw the picture of the original garden with <BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 4 and length = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a uniform border around three sides having<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a uniform width of \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The new width is now 4+x; the new length is now 12 + 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The new area is (4+x)(12+2x) = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         48+20x+2x^2 = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        2x^2+20x-48=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         x^2+10x-24=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        (x+12)(x-2)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore x=2 meters is the uniform width of the border.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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