document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=481030>Question 481030</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please help me with this problem, showing steps? Thank you, mch appreciated!--<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your parents ask you to fertilize the lawn. It is a square plot that is 13 feet on each side and it has a sqare cement fountain in the center that is 6 feet on each side. What is the area of the lawn that you will fertilize? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #329388 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=329388\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lawn Area = Area of Big Square - Area of Small Square (drawing a picture will help you see this)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lawn Area = 13^2 - 6^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lawn Area = 169 - 36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lawn Area = 133\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the area of the lawn to be fertilized is 133 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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