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document.write( "A rectangular flower garden<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in a park is 30 feet wide and 40 feet long. A sidewalk<BR>\n" );
document.write( "around the perimeter of the garden is being<BR>\n" );
document.write( "planned, as shown in the figure. The gardener has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "enough money to pour 624 square feet of cement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sidewalk. what is the width of the sidewalk. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #454912 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><B>FrankM(1040)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=FrankM><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=FrankM><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=454912\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The new dimension is (2X+30)(2X+40) where x is the width of the walk. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284x%5EX+%2B+140X+%2B+1200%29+-+624+=+1200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284x%5EX+%2B+140X+%2B+1200%29+-+624+=+1200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  New area less the walk equals original area\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%284X%5E2+%2B+140X+-+624%29+=+0+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%284X%5E2+%2B+140X+-+624%29+=+0+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Subtract 1200 from both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+X%5E2+%2B+35X+-+156+=+0+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+X%5E2+%2B+35X+-+156+=+0+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Divided both sides by 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we were simply solving for x, we'd have -39 as one answer, but since it's a problem with dimensions, we discard, and accept the 4 only. The walk is 4 feet wide.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "38 x 48 = 1824 or 624 more than the original 1200 </SPAN>\n" );
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