document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=385217>Question 385217</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i'm learning polynomials and such in class and a question came up in one of my group tests. i asked someone else for help and they showed me how to do it but i don't get how to get from the equation to the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i do not understand how 2w^2+11w=84 gets to whatever the weird answer was. i do not understand how it is a quadratic equation and how to simplify it...please help and thanks so much.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS. the problem i had on my group test was this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of a picture is one inch less than twice its width. the frame around the picture has a uniform width of two inches and an area of 96 square inches. what are the dimensions of the picture?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i did the equation like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2w+3)(w+4)=96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which simplified to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w^2+11w=84  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "PS. the problem i had on my group test was this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of a picture is one inch less than twice its width. the frame around the picture has a uniform width of two inches and an area of 96 square inches. what are the dimensions of the picture?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i did the equation like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2w+3)(w+4)=96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which simplified to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w^2+11w=84 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's the frame that has an area of 96 sq. inches, not the entire picture.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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