document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1080889>Question 1080889</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are creating a piece of artwork for the school art show. You need to buy a piece of canvas that is large enough to stretch and secure around a wooden frame. You plan that the length of your piece will be 5 inches more than twice the width, and you will need 1 inch extra on each side to secure the canvas to the frame.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	a.	Write a polynomial expression that represents the area of the canvas\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	b.	You want the area of the piece to be 364 square inches. How wide should your canvas be? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #695038 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><B>jorel1380(3719)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><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=jorel1380><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=695038\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let w and 2w+5 be your width and length, respectively. 1 inch extra on each side will give you w+2 and 2w+7 as the new area of your canvas. So the area would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. (w+2)(2w+7)=2w²+11w+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. For an area of 364 for the piece, we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w(2w+5)=364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2w²+5w-364=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the quadratic formula, we get a value of 12.2985239048 for the width, and 29.5970478096 for the length of the piece. Adding 2 inches to each dimension, we get 14.2985239048 inches for the width, and 31.5970478096 inches long as the dimensions of the canvas. &#9786;&#9786;&#9786;&#9786;<BR>\n" );
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