document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=87740>Question 87740</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A garden area is 30ft long and 20ft wide. A path of uniform width is set around the edge. If the remaining garden area is 400ft squared, what is the width of the path....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     Area of the garden =30.20 = 600ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     area of the remaining garden = 400ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    Area of the path = 600-400=200ft^2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "   let the width of the path be =xft its length = x+10 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       Area = l.b x(x+10)=200      x^2+10x-200=0  x^2+20x-10x-200=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                  x(x+20)-10(x+20)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        therefore (x+20)(x-10)=0 x-10=0 therefore x=10  and x+10=10+10=20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       width of the path =10ft and its length =20ft </SPAN>\n" );
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