document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=951419>Question 951419</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The width of a rectangular painting is 5 inches shorter than the length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Write algebraic expressions to represent the width and the length of the painting.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Write an equation to model the area of the painting.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Solve the quadratic equation. What do the x-intercepts mean in respect to the problem situation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried: What I know the w is 5 inches less than the length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w =w-l<BR>\n" );
document.write( "l= w+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract one from both side is 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " a. Write algebraic expressions to represent the width and the length of the painting.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Width = x-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " b. Write an equation to model the area of the painting.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = length*width = x(x-5) = x^2-5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " c. Solve the quadratic equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You must solve it for some particular value of the Area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do you have a particular value?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do the x-intercepts mean in respect to the problem situation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If Area = x(x-5), the x-intercepts are the value of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x and x-5 that make the Area = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That occurs when x = 0 or x = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x = 0, the length is zero ; so the Area = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 5, the width (which is x-5) = zero ; so the Area = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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