document.write( "Question 960497: Please help on my algebra question I'm really stuck!\r
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\n" ); document.write( "1. The length \"L\" of a rectangular garden is \"3ft\" shorter (means you need to add \"3\" feet to the length) than twice its width \"W\" (means \"2W\"):\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, \"L%2B3ft=2W\"...solve for \"L\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=2W-3ft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " a simplified expression for the area \"A\" of the garden will be:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=L%2AW\"...substitute \"2W-3\" for \"L\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=%282Wft-3ft%29Wft\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=%282W%5E2-3W%29ft%5E2%29\" \r
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