document.write( "Question 863803: A rectangular dog pen must have an area of 300 square feet. The length must be 50 feet longer than the width. What are the dimensions of the pen. \r
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document.write( "A = Lw =(w+50)w =  300ft^2
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document.write( "         w^2 + 50x - 300 = 0
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document.write( "Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation  (in our case ) has the following solutons:
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the discriminant  should not be a negative number.
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant : .
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=3700 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression  can be factored:
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document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 5.4138126514911, -55.4138126514911.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:
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