document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1192772>Question 1192772</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A gymnasium floor is 50 ft. by 84 ft. A rectangular basketball court will be painted in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the center of the floor leaving an out-of-bounds region of uniform width around the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "edge of the court. The court will cover 58% of the floor. How wide will the out-of-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bounds region be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "With the percentage of 58%, it is not likely that the width will be a \"nice\" number.  So we very probably won't get an exact answer without a calculator.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the only thing to learn from this problem is how to set the problem up for solving.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the uniform width of the out-of-bounds area be x; then the dimensions of the court are 84-2x by 50-2x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the court is to be 58% = 0.58 of the area of the floor:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph the two expressions on a graphing calculator to find that the width of the out-of-bounds area is approximately 7.4 feet.<br><BR>\n" );
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