document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182419>Question 182419</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078250838/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is from a book.  A gardener plants corn in a garden with a length to width ratio of 5:4.  Next year, he plans to increase the garden's area by increasing its length by 12 feet.  Write an expression for this new area.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I tried.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(4x)(5x) + (4x)(12x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x^2 + 48x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You started correctly, and your final answer is correct, so maybe you just have a typo in your intermediate step.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original length: 5<i>x</i><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Original width: 4<i>x</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "New length:  5<i>x</i> + 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the new area must be the Original Width times the New Length:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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