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document.write( " Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a triangular garden in the shape of a right triangle with shortest side length x – 6y ft. and the middle length side x + 6y ft. What is an algebraic expression for the area of the garden? Be sure to multiply this out and express in simplest correct mathematical form, including units. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( " with shortest side length x – 6y ft. and the middle length side x + 6y ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is an algebraic expression for the area of the garden?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a right triangle A = .5*b*h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = (x+6y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = (x-6y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = .5*(x+6y)(x-6y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = .5(x^2 - 36y^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = .5x^2 - 18y^2 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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