document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183943>Question 1183943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Juan has a rectangular corral for his horses. The length of his horse corral is 10 ft longer than 3 times its width. Jeremiah has a rectangular corral for his cattle. The length of his cattle corral is 8 ft longer than 4 times its width. Both corrals have the same width. Let x represent this width, in feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a polynomial, in standard form, for each of the following. Show your work. Classify each polynomial by its degree and by its number of terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the perimeter of each corral<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) the difference between the perimeters of Jeremiah’s and Juan’s corrals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) the area of each corral<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) the sum of the areas of both corrals<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Juan and Jeremiah consider the dimensions of their corrals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an expression for the ratio of the width of Juan’s corral to the width of Jeremiah’s corral. Simplify the expression. Is this expression a polynomial? Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an expression for the ratio of the length of Juan’s corral to the width of his corral. Is this expression a polynomial? Explain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Juan plans to add 4 ft to the width of his corral, and then adjust the length so that it is 5 times the new width. Write a polynomial, in standard form, for each of the following. Show your work. Classify each polynomial by its degree and by its number of terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the perimeter of Juan’s corral after the changes are made<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) the area of Juan’s corral after the changes are made<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help with these questions, they all correlate and its been stressing me out. any help is much appreciated, thank you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Juan has a rectangular corral for his horses. The length of his horse corral is 10 ft longer than 3 times its width. Jeremiah has a rectangular corral for his cattle. The length of his cattle corral is 8 ft longer than 4 times its width. Both corrals have the same width. Let x represent this width, in feet.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Write a polynomial, in standard form, for each of the following. Show your work. Classify each polynomial by its degree and by its number of terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the perimeter of each corral<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) the difference between the perimeters of Jeremiah’s and Juan’s corrals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) the area of each corral<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) the sum of the areas of both corrals<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Juan and Jeremiah consider the dimensions of their corrals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an expression for the ratio of the width of Juan’s corral to the width of Jeremiah’s corral. Simplify the expression. Is this expression a polynomial? Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an expression for the ratio of the length of Juan’s corral to the width of his corral. Is this expression a polynomial? Explain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "Juan plans to add 4 ft to the width of his corral, and then adjust the length so that it is 5 times the new width. Write a polynomial, in standard form, for each of the following. Show your work. Classify each polynomial by its degree and by its number of terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) the perimeter of Juan’s corral after the changes are made<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) the area of Juan’s corral after the changes are made<BR>\n" );
document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help with these questions, they all correlate and its been stressing me out. any help is much appreciated, thank you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Just to let you know, if you don't already know: The perimeter of a rectangle is NOT the sum of its length and width,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but the sum of TWICE its length and TWICE its width. So, with width being x, the perimeters of these rectangles are NOT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 10 and 5x + 8, as the other person states. </SPAN>\n" );
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