Algebra.Com's Answer #502756 by MathLover1(20850)  You can put this solution on YOUR website! A rectangular garden is 30 ft by 40 ft. Part of the garden is removed in order to install a walkway of uniform width around it. The area of the new garden is one-half the area of the old garden. How wide is the walkway?\r \n" );
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document.write( "Area of the entire garden is \r \n" );
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document.write( "Length of the reduced garden is  \n" );
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document.write( "Area of the reduced garden is \r \n" );
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document.write( "Area of the reduced garden is one-half the area of the old garden; so, we have \n" );
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document.write( " and , we have\r \n" );
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document.write( " ...both sides divide by \r \n" );
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document.write( " ......solve for \r \n" );
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document.write( " | Solved by pluggable solver: Quadratic Formula | \n" );
document.write( "Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:
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document.write( " Starting with the general quadratic \n" );
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document.write( " the general solution using the quadratic equation is: \n" );
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document.write( " So lets solve ( notice , , and ) \n" );
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document.write( " Plug in a=4, b=-140, and c=600 \n" );
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document.write( " Negate -140 to get 140 \n" );
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document.write( " Square -140 to get 19600 (note: remember when you square -140, you must square the negative as well. This is because .) \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply to get  \n" );
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document.write( " Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root) \n" );
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document.write( " Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver) \n" );
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document.write( " Multiply 2 and 4 to get 8 \n" );
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document.write( " So now the expression breaks down into two parts \n" );
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document.write( " Lets look at the first part: \n" );
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document.write( " Add the terms in the numerator \n" );
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document.write( " So one answer is \n" );
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document.write( " Now lets look at the second part: \n" );
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document.write( " Subtract the terms in the numerator \n" );
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document.write( " So our solutions are: \n" );
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document.write( "If , the length is \r \n" );
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document.write( "If , the length is \r \n" );
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document.write( "So, the second case ( ) is ruled out because you can't have a width and a length equal to negative number.\r \n" );
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document.write( "so the walkway is wide \n" );
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