document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140239>Question 1140239</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the outside dimention of the rectangle flower garden bed including the pathway is 72 by 108cm.if the area of the flower garden bed excluding the pathway is 6400cm² and the pathway has uniform width how wide is the pathway? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #760736 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</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=760736\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x, the width of uniform pathway around just the flower bed\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2872-2x%29%28108-2x%29=6400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2872-2x%29%28108-2x%29=6400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, to account for only the flower bed area\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A first simplification is multiply both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%282%2A2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%282%2A2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and solve for a sensible value of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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