document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1079154>Question 1079154</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your neighbors have just finished installing a new swimming pool at their home. The pool measures 15 feet by 20 feet. They would like to plant a strip of grass of uniform width around three sides of the pool, the two short sides and one of the longer sides. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Sketch a diagram of the pool and the strip of lawn, using x to represent the width of the uniform strip.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) write an equation for the area, A, in terms of x that represents the lawn area around the pool.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) Your neighbors have enough seed for 168 square feet of lawn. Write an equation that relates the quantity of seed to the area of the uniform strip of lawn.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) Solve the equation in part c to determine the width of the uniform strip that can be seeded. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #693573 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=693573\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/display-illustration.mpl?tutor=Fombitz&illustration_name=DAs2.png\">.<BR>\n" );
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