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document.write( "A rectangular flower bed with width 12 feet and length 15 feet is going to have a walkway of uniform width on all sides. If the area of the walkway is 90 square feet, how wide is the walkway </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #216654 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=216654\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular flower bed with width 12 feet and length 15 feet is going to have a walkway of uniform width on all sides. If the area of the walkway is 90 square feet, how wide is the walkway\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the width of the walkway be x feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "flowerbed length = 15 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "flower bed width = 12 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length of plot with walkway = 15+2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width of plot with walkway = 12+2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of plot - area of flower bed = area of walkaway\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(12+2x)(15+2x)- 12*15 = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180+24x+30x+4x^2-180=90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x^2+54x-90=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x^2+60x-6x+90=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x(x+15)-6(x+15)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+15)(4x-6)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=-15 OR x=3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the width of the walkaway = 1.5 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ananth\r<BR>\n" );
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