document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203985>Question 203985</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this one , i am struggling in this calss and it is about to end and I need to get help badly... We appreciate your help and God bless ya. Here\"s the question:  Translate the following into a quadratic equation and solve it: The length of a rectangular garden is four times its width; if the area of the garden is 196 quare meters, what are it's dimensions? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width of garden be w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since length is 4 times width, then length = 4w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the area of the garden is 196 square meters, then we'll have:  w(4w) = 196\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "QUADRATIC EQUATION: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%284w%5E2+-+196+=+0%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%284w%5E2+-+196+=+0%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%28w%5E2+-+49%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%28w%5E2+-+49%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(w - 7)(w + 7) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w = 7 , or - 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The negative value (-7) is rejected because you CANNOT have a negative measurement for width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, w, or width of garden = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%287%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%287%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters, and length = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2828%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2828%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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