document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=848069>Question 848069</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm stumped on this story problem. Two adjoining garden plots have a total area of 256sqf are enclosed with 80ft of fencing. One plot is square but the other is a rectangular plot with the length 3 times as large as the width. Determine the length and width of each garden plot. laylowmaxx@gmail.com thanks for any help </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #510874 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=510874\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ---unfinished---\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not shown here, drew x by x square adjoined to a w by 3w rectangle, and showed the rectangle longer than the square.  There is an unadjoined length on the rectangle of 3w-x.   I might later create and upload a picture of this on an image host site.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total area, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2Bw%2A3w=256 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2Bw%2A3w=256\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28w%5E2%2B3w%5E2=256%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28w%5E2%2B3w%5E2=256%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Fencing is perimeter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2Bx%2B%283w-x%2B3w%2B2w%29=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2Bx%2B%283w-x%2B3w%2B2w%29=80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2B8w=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2B8w=80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28x%2B4w=40%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28x%2B4w=40%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two equations and two unknowns, highlighted in green.  I have not yet tried to solve that as a system... </SPAN>\n" );
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