document.write( "Question 817154: the area of a rectangle is 200 square meters. The length of the garden is 1 meter times its width; find the length and width of the garden \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The area of rectangle garden is 200 square meters. 
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document.write( "The length of the garden is 1 meter more then 3 times its width 'x'
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document.write( "width 'x', length (3x+1)
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document.write( "A = \"l%2Aw+=+%283x%2B1%29x+=+200m%5E2\"
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document.write( "    3x^2 + x - 200 = 0
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1+%2B-+sqrt%28+2401+%29%29%2F%286%29+\"
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-1+%2B-+49%29%2F%286%29+\"
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document.write( "    x = 8m   (tossing out negative solution for unit measure)
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document.write( "width is 8m   and length is 25m    \"%283%2A8%2B1%29\"
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document.write( " \"8m%2A25m+=+200m%5E2\" \n" );
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