document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389660>Question 389660</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular flower garden is 8ft longer thant it is wide. It is surrounded by a brick walk 2ft wide. The area is 176ft^2. Find the dimensions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know that the equation is set = to 176 and that width = x and length = x+8 but I am missing what to do with the brick walk 2ft wide. Having problems setting problem up to solve. Would appreciate help!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #276177 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=276177\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = width of the garden. So because the \"garden is 8ft longer thant it is wide\", we know that the length of the garden is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you draw the picture, you should get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: we're adding 2 ft to each dimension twice because there are two red sides per dimension.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Edit: I'm assuming that the area of the brick ONLY is 176 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we can see that the dimensions of the entire rectangle are x+4 by x+12. So the area of the entire thing is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Because the area of the garden only is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%28x%2B8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%28x%2B8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this means that the area of the brick ONLY is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29-x%28x%2B8%29=176 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29-x%28x%2B8%29=176\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: I'm subtracting the area of the garden from the area of the entire enclosure.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29-x%28x%2B8%29=176 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2B4%29%28x%2B12%29-x%28x%2B8%29=176\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Start with the given equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B16x%2B48-x%28x%2B8%29=176 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B16x%2B48-x%28x%2B8%29=176\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > FOIL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B16x%2B48-x%5E2-8x=176 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B16x%2B48-x%5E2-8x=176\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Distribute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x%2B48=176 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x%2B48=176\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x=176-48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x=176-48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x=128 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x=128\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms on the right side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=%28128%29%2F%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=%28128%29%2F%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to isolate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Reduce.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the solution is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the width of the garden is 16 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now plug this into <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B8=16%2B8=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B8=16%2B8=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the length of the garden is 24 feet. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the garden alone is 16 x 24 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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