document.write( "Question 76022: A rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of width. The garden's dimensions are 30 ft by 40 ft. The total area, garden plus walkway, is to be 1800 ft^2. What must be the width of the walkway to the earest thousandth?\r
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A rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of width. The garden's dimensions are 30 ft by 40 ft. The total area, garden plus walkway, is to be 1800 ft^2. What must be the width of the walkway to the nearest thousandth?
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\n" ); document.write( "5.43 does not seem right:
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = width of the walkway
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\n" ); document.write( "Then the overall dimensions would be (30+2x) by (40+2x)
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\n" ); document.write( "Therefore the area:
\n" ); document.write( "(30+2x)*(40+2x) = 1800
\n" ); document.write( "1200 + 140x + 4x^2 = 1800
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\n" ); document.write( "Arrange as a quadratic equation
\n" ); document.write( "4x^2 + 140x + 1200 - 1800 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "4x^2 + 140x - 600 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "Simplify divide by 4:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 35x - 150 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "Use the quadratic formula: a=1; b=35; c=-150
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\n" ); document.write( "You should get x = +3.86 ft and obviously it's not the negative value
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\n" ); document.write( "Check: 2 * 3.86 = 7.72
\n" ); document.write( "37.2 * 47.2 = 1799.84 ~ 1800
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