document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984958>Question 984958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangle is 12 cm longer than it is wide. a wooden walk 2 ft wide is placed around the pond. the area covered by the pond and walk is 160 ft^2 greater than the area covered by the pond alone. What are the dimensions of the pond </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #605841 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=605841\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is the rectangle the same thing as the pond?  Making sense of the description must permit these to be the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w width of pond<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L length of pond<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u the width of the WALK to surround the rectangular pond<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=w%2B12%2F%282.54%2A12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=w%2B12%2F%282.54%2A12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=w%2B1%2F2.54 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=w%2B1%2F2.54\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L=w%2B0.3937008 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L=w%2B0.3937008\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >------decimal approximation;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Are you sure that part of the description is 12 CENTIMETERS longer?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A area of walkway alone;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=160 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total Area Pond Plus Walkway, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28w%2B2u%29%28L%2B2u%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28w%2B2u%29%28L%2B2u%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area just the pond, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=wL ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"wL\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just WALK area, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28%28w%2B2u%29%28L%2B2u%29-wL=A%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28%28w%2B2u%29%28L%2B2u%29-wL=A%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start simplifying that last equation difference being A.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2u%28L%2Bw%29=A-4u%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2u%28L%2Bw%29=A-4u%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28L%2Bw=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%282u%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28L%2Bw=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%282u%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, not yet finished symbolically...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You need to be sure about the description relating w and L, and when you are, you can readjust if necessary, and then continue, solving first ... for w.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you meant what you described, then<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2w=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%282u%29-0.3937008 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2w=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%282u%29-0.3937008\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28w=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%284u%29-0.19685%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28w=%28A-4u%5E2%29%2F%284u%29-0.19685%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and just substitute the values to evaluate... </SPAN>\n" );
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