document.write( "Question 1024232: there is a rectangular section of his yard. the perimeter of the section is 27 feet and the are is 35 square feet find the length and width of the section. p=2(L+W) if the perimeter is 27 feet solve for W. The equation for area is A=LW, substitute the expression you found for W in part 1 into the area equation. Then, if the area is equal to 35 square feet write the equation in standard form with a,b, and c as whole numbers. Then use the quadratic formula to solve for L. PLEASE HELP! \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "there is a rectangular section of his yard. the perimeter of the section is 27 feet and the are is 35 square feet find the length and width of the section. p=2(L+W) if the perimeter is 27 feet solve for W. The equation for area is A=LW, substitute the expression you found for W in part 1 into the area equation. Then, if the area is equal to 35 square feet write the equation in standard form with a,b, and c as whole numbers. Then use the quadratic formula to solve for L. PLEASE HELP!
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P = 2(L + W)
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document.write( "27 = 2(L + W)
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document.write( "2(13.5) = 2(L + W)
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document.write( "13.5 = L + W
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document.write( "A = LW
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document.write( "A = L(13.5 - L) -------- Substituting 13.5 - L for W
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document.write( "You are told to use the quadratic equation formula to solve for L, so I'll leave that task up to you to complete this problem.\r
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document.write( "If it were left to me though, I would multiply the equation by 2 to get: , and then solve by factoring to
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