document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=797298>Question 797298</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A garden measuring 12 meters by 20 meters is to have a pedestrian pathway installed all around it, increasing the total area to 408.36 square meters. What will be the width of the pathway? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Length of a rectangular area:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Width of a rectangular area:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Width of a uniform-width enclosing area:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w_p\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Overall length is then:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l\ +\ 2w_p\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Overall width is then:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\ +\ 2w_p\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Note factor of 2 because the width of the enclosing area is on all four sides)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total Area is then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(l\ +\ 2w_p\right)\left(w\ +\ 2w_p\right)\ =\ A_T\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in your numbers for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large l,\ \ \"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w,\ \ \">and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large A_T\">, FOIL the two binomials, and then solve the resulting quadratic for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w_p\">.  If you happen to get a negative root (and you will given correct arithmetic), discard it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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