document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=406726>Question 406726</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A pasture is twice as long as it is wide. Its area is 115,200 ft square. How wide is the pasture? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = length {it is twice as long as it is wide}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of a rectangle = length x width\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(2x) = 115,200 {substituted into area formula}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 = 115,200 {multiplied x by 2x and added exponents}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 57,600 {divided both sides by 2}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 240 {took square root of both sides}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 240 ft<BR>\n" );
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