document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170404>Question 1170404</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One side of a rectangular 72 square foot garden is 6 feet longer than the other side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What are the dimensions of the garden, starting with the shorter length first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The other tutor didn't read the problem correctly....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area is length times width; and the length is 6 (feet) longer than the width.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6 = length<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area is 72:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve that, you need to factor the quadratic by finding two numbers whose product is 72 and whose difference is 6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But that is what the original problem requires you to do.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the formal algebra doesn't help you solve the problem; so (if a formal algebraic solution is not required) solve it mentally by finding two numbers that differ by 6 and have a product of 72: 6 and 12.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: the garden is 6 by 12 feet.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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