document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=119827>Question 119827</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0078228948/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A homeowner is considering installing a swimming pool in his backyard.  He wants its length to be 5 yards longer than its width, to make room for a diving area at one end.  Then he wants to surround it with a concrete walkway 4 yards wide.  After finding out the price of concrete, he decides that he an afford 424 square yards of it for the walkway.  What should the dimensions of the pool be?   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "LENGTH=W+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(W+8)(W+5+8)=W(W+5)+424<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(W+8)(W+13)=W^2+5W+424<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2+21W+104=W^2+5W+424<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21W-5W=424-104<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16W=320<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=320/16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=20 YARDS WIDE FOR THE POOL.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=20+5=25 YARD LONG FOR THE POOL.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(20+8)(25+8)=20*25+424<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28*33=500+424<BR>\n" );
document.write( "924=924<BR>\n" );
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