document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=603460>Question 603460</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose I want a garden with 400 square feet (area). Write an equation that can be used to find the values for x that result in that area. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My thoughts are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A(x)=x*y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First off you cannot use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE A(x)\"> because that says the function <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE A\"> depends on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> when in fact the function <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE A\"> depends on both <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A(x,y)\ =\ xy\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But that doesn't do much for your specific situation where you want the area to be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 400\ ft^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question you want to answer is: Given that the result must be a rectangle with an area of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 400\ ft^2\">, if I choose a value <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> for one of the dimensions of the rectangle, what must the other dimension, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\">, be?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start with\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ xy\ =\ 400\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ =\ \frac{400}{x}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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