document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1065133>Question 1065133</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello! Please help me with this question, I am very confused.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. a rectangular plot of land is W yards wide and L yards long. The square shaded are will be used to grow fir trees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(less than half of the plot is shaded, no exact measurements, only W and L)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. write the polynomial that represents the area of the entire rectangular plot minus the area of the shaded square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(this is what I got- (LW)-(1/3LW), but I am confused because the shaded area is less than half of the entire area and I do not know what to use for the fraction because there is no way to exactly calculate it.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Rewrite your polynomial from part a in factored form. How does this relate to the dimensions of the area not used to grow fir trees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(i know how to factor, I just need to now whether I got the right equation. And I believe it would relate to the area not used to grow fir trees because it is 1/3 of the whole area? I think, I honestly don't know)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you all so much for your help in advance. I really appreciate it! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "hello! Please help me with this question, I am very confused.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. a rectangular plot of land is W yards wide and L yards long. The square shaded are will be used to grow fir trees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(less than half of the plot is shaded, no exact measurements, only W and L)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. write the polynomial that represents the area of the entire rectangular plot minus the area of the shaded square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(this is what I got- (LW)-(1/3LW), but I am confused because the shaded area is less than half of the entire area and I do not know what to use for the fraction because there is no way to exactly calculate it.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Rewrite your polynomial from part a in factored form. How does this relate to the dimensions of the area not used to grow fir trees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(i know how to factor, I just need to now whether I got the right equation. And I believe it would relate to the area not used to grow fir trees because it is 1/3 of the whole area? I think, I honestly don't know)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you all so much for your help in advance. I really appreciate it!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">It would've been nice if you'd included the diagram, but I can do without it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let one of the longer sides be L, and one of the shorter sides, W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then area of rectangle = LW<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Shaded region is a square and one of its sides will be W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, area of square = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=W%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"W%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>a.</b> Area of entire rectangular plot minus area of the shaded square: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=LW+-+W%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"LW+-+W%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>b.</b> Polynomial from part a in factored form: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=W%28L+-+W%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"W%28L+-+W%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that the factored form of the polynomial: <b>W(L - W)</b> REPRESENTS the dimensions of the SECTION NOT USED to grow trees. </SPAN>\n" );
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