document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1134642>Question 1134642</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As part of a landscaping​ project, put in a flower bed measuring 18 feet by 22 feet. Surround the bed with a uniform border of​ low-growing plants.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. Write a polynomial that describes the area of the uniform border that surrounds the flower bed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. The low growing plants surrounding the flower bed require 1 square foot each when mature. If there are 384 of these​ plants, how wide a strip around the flower bed should be prepared for the​ border? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #752133 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=752133\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> u, the uniform width surrounding the flower bed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A, the area of the border surrounding the flower bed\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 1 plant needs 1 square foot, and if 384 of the low growing plants, then this means border containing the low grow plants must be 384 square feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=195=13%2A15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"195=13%2A15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and the two binomial factors on the left differ by two. </SPAN>\n" );
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