document.write( "Question 1181933: a floor plan for a new house includes a rectangular dining room that measures 5m by 4m. the owners want a larger dining room with an area of 25m^2. the architect re-designs the floor plan by adding a strip of floor of uniform width to the two adjacent sides of the dining room. how wide should the strip be to the nearest tenth of a meter. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #811897 by josgarithmetic(39620)\"\" \"About 
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Only adding to one adjacent pair of sides - not all the way around\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x, the uniform string being added
\n" ); document.write( "\"%285%2Bx%29%284%2Bx%29=25\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"20%2B9x%2Bx%5E2=25\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B9x=5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B9x-5=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28-9%2Bsqrt%2881%2B4%2A5%29%29%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28-9%2Bsqrt%28101%29%29%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=0.5%29\"---------to the nearest tenth of a meter
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