document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327046>Question 327046</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to setup a quadratic expression and work it for this word problem. Could someone help me.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have two rooms that are 12 x 24 that need wood flooring. Each box of wood flooring has 22.7 square ft in them. How many boxes would you have to have to finish both floors? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #234243 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=234243\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2 rooms are each 12 feet * 24 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each box of flooring has 22.7 square feet in them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the square feet in each room is 12 * 24 = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 room has a total of 2 * 288 = 576 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide this by the square feet in each box of flooring to get total number of boxes = 576 / 22.7 = 25.37444934.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "round this to the next highest integer to get 26 boxes of flooring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you will need approximately 26 boxes of flooring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't see the need for a quadratic equation to solve this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you need to know is that the area of the floor in each room is equal to the length * the width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have the area of the 2 rooms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You just divide that by the square feet in each box to get the number of boxes.\r<BR>\n" );
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