document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1136535>Question 1136535</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mary is trying to put in a rectangular garden that is 5 feet longer than twice its width. She wants to have a sidewalk along two of the garden’s sides that is 3 feet wide. If the area of the sidewalk will be 213 ft2 ,help Mary find the dimensions of her garden. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I will assume that the two side of the garden along which the sidewalk is to be put are two adjacent sides, rather than two opposite sides....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The width and length of the garden are x and 2x+5.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lengths of the 3-foot-wide sidewalks are x and 2x+5 along those two sides.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And on the corner where the two sidewalks meet there will be a 3x3 square of sidewalk.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, since the total area of the sidewalk is 213 square feet,<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The dimensions of her garden are x = 21 feet by (2x+5) = 47 feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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