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document.write( "A farm has a square fenced-in area with side length X where the farm gives children pony rides.  Adjacent to one entire side of the square, there is a roped-off rectangular area where the children line up. This rectangle is 4 yards wide and X yards long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.  The total area of the square and rectangular areas together is 2,700   square  yards. Write an equation that represents this situation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  Use your equation from part a to find the dimensions of the roped-off rectangular area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you in advance! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The discriminant is 104; use this in general solution for quadratic equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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