document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303596>Question 303596</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a garden is 5 feet longer than its width.  A 2 foot wide sidewalk<BR>\n" );
document.write( "surrounds the garden. The area of the sidewalk is 76 sq. feet.  What are the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the width of the garden be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length will be x+5 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sidewalk width = 2 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Width of garden + sidewalk = x+4  ( two on either side)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Length of garden + sidewalk = (x+5) +4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total area = (x+9)(x+4) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of sidewalk = 76\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+9)(x+4) - x(x+5) = 76\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+13x+36 - x^2-5x= 76\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x=76-36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x = 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=5 feet  width of the garden\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5+5 = 10 feet is the length of the garden\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ananth\r<BR>\n" );
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