document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=546819>Question 546819</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectange shed covers 300 feet of ground. It is 6 feet longer than it is wide. What is the width of the shed to the nearest tenth of a foot?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I tried:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 6 = length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of a Rectangle = 300  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I set up: 300 = x(x + 6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which then I got: 300 = x^2 +6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is all I could figure out.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you need to solve the resulting quadratic equation for x (the width).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B6x-300+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B6x-300+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Use the quadratic formula: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28b%5E2-4ac%29%29%2F2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28b%5E2-4ac%29%29%2F2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where: a = 1, b = 6, and c = -300.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+9-6%2B-sqrt%286%5E2-4%281%29%28-300%29%29%2F2%281%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+9-6%2B-sqrt%286%5E2-4%281%29%28-300%29%29%2F2%281%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which evaluates to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+-20.578 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+-20.578\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+14.578 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+14.578\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Discard the negative solution as the width (x) must be a positive value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+14.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+14.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The width is 14.6 feet (to the nearest tenth of a foot).<BR>\n" );
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