document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74838>Question 74838</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to convert this into a quadratic equation.  I can get the correct answer, I just can't figure out how to write a quadratic equation that works.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.	A designer, attempting to arrange the characters of his artwork in the form of a square grid with equal number of rows and columns, found that 24 characters were left out. When he tried to add one more row and column, he found that he was short of 25 characters. Can you find the number of characters used by the designer? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #53834 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=53834\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x equal the number of rows of the original grid. Let y equal the number of characters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=x%5E2%2B24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=x%5E2%2B24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%28x%2B1%29%5E2-25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%28x%2B1%29%5E2-25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B24=%28x%2B1%29%5E2-25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B24=%28x%2B1%29%5E2-25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B24=x%5E2%2B2x%2B1-25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B24=x%5E2%2B2x%2B1-25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from both sides and adding 24 to both sides gives 48=2x or x=24.  This means y=600\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not sure about the quadratic equation that you need but this solution does use a second order equation </SPAN>\n" );
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