document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=336049>Question 336049</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 3' by 6' picnic table is placed on a outdoor patio measuring x' by x+3'.  Find a polynomial for the remaining open space on the patio.  How would I write this out? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First let's find the area of the patio. It will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+3) rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now find the area of the picnic table. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 times 6 is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we subtract 18 from x^2+3x to look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+3x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK there is the polynomial. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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