document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=312658>Question 312658</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the length of a rose garden is 6 feet more than the width. the garden is surrounded by a uniform pathway which is three feet wide. the area of the pathway alone is 216 square feet. what is the perimeter of the rose garden? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #223527 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16949)</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=223527\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the width of the rose garden be x feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length will be x+6 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pathway is 3 feet wide.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So width and length will increas by 6 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+6 will be the width of whole plot<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6+6 will be the length of the whole plot<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of whole plot - area of pathway = area of rose garden.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+6)(x+12)-216 = x(x+6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+18x+144-216=x^2+6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 6 the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length will be x+6 = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of rose garden will be 2*6+2*12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=36 feet<BR>\n" );
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