document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=433556>Question 433556</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Nick has a beautiful rectangular garden, which measures 3 m by 3 m. He wants to create a uniform border of river rocks around three sides of his garden. If he wants the area of the border and the area of his garden to be equal, how wide should the border be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've got a length of 9 - 2w. And a width of 4.5 However my textbook's got an answer of 0.84 m.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please clarify as to what I've done incorrectly by showing all steps. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #300541 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=300541\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the width of the border<BR>\n" );
document.write( "given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area of the garden is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A3+=+9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A3+=+9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > m2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The dimensions of the garden plus the border are<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use the quadratic formula<BR>\n" );
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