SOLUTION: 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

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: 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 the dimensions? This question is from textbook

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let the wicth = x
then length is 3x
then 3x%28x%29=3x%5E2=75
then x%5E2=25
then x=5
Answer: length is 15 meters and width is 5 meters