document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=109719>Question 109719</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> this one is tough.. you are making a coffee table with a glass top surrounded by a cherry border. The glass is 3 feet by 3 feet. You want the cherry border to be uniform width. you have 7 square feet of cherry to make the border. set up an equation that would be used to solve this. what should the width of the border be?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if  you could please help me.. it would be greatly appreciated :]  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #79989 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=79989\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the area of the glass is 9 ft^2 (3*3) ... you have 7 ft^2 of cherry, so the area of the table will be 16 ft^2 (9+7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=\"width of border\" ... (3+2x)^2-9=7 ... 9+12x+4x^2-9=7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x^2+12x-7=0 ... (2x+7)(2x-1)=0 </SPAN>\n" );
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