document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984419>Question 984419</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a garden is 160 m2. Suppose the length of the length of the garden is 3 m more than twice its width. What is the length of the garden?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #605237 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Timnewman><B>Timnewman(323)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Timnewman><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=Timnewman><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=605237\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi dear,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let L=lengh<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     w=width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If L*w=160----(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and L=3+2w---(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put (2) in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3+2w)w=160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w²+3w-160=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving quadratic equation,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%283%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-160=1289 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%283%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-160=1289\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=1289 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-3%2B-sqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-3%2B-sqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%283%29%2Bsqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+8.22566153550812 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%283%29%2Bsqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+8.22566153550812\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%283%29-sqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-9.72566153550812 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%283%29-sqrt%28+1289+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-9.72566153550812\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160+=+2%28x-8.22566153550812%29%2A%28x--9.72566153550812%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%5E2%2B3x%2B-160+=+2%28x-8.22566153550812%29%2A%28x--9.72566153550812%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 8.22566153550812, -9.72566153550812.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B3%2Ax%2B-160+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B3%2Ax%2B-160+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD></TR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since w=8 aproximately,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put w=8 in in equ 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there L=3+2*8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       L=19m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the lenght is 19m<BR>\n" );
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