SOLUTION: I always get lost in word problems, I never know where to begin and with what information. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Translate the following into a quadratic equatio

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Question 170839: I always get lost in word problems, I never know where to begin and with what information. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Translate the following into a quadratic equation, and solve it the length of a rectangular garden is three times its width if the area of the garden is 75 square meters what are its dimensions?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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we know the area of a rectangle is Length times Width which we will label L and W. A=L*W
:
L=3W--->W=L/3
A=75
:
75=L(L/3)
:
75=L%5E2%2F3
:
225=L%5E2
:
highlight%28L=15%29length
:
highlight%28W=15%2F3=5%29width