document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=314713>Question 314713</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A square flower bed in Michell's garden is to be enlarged by adding 3 feet on each side. If the larger square has an area of 169 square feet, what is the length of the original square?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am so confuised! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What is \"confuised\" and what does the condition of being whatever that is have to do with determining the measurement of a square?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the measure of the side of the original square.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 3\"> is the measure of the side of the enlarged square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a square is given by squaring the measure of one side.  Hence, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x\ +\ 3)^2\"> is a representation of the area of the enlarged square.  Also, we are given that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 169\text{ ft^2}\"> is a representation of the area of the enlarged square.  So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (x\ +\ 3)^2\ =\ 169\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Taking the square root of both sides and discarding the negative root because we  are seeking a positive measure of length:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ 3\ =\ 13\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ =\ 10\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And since we set up the problem so that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represents the measure of the side of the original square, that is the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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