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Question 793310: I believe this one needs the quadratic formula but I'm not entirely sure how I would set it up and solve.
In order to grow all the peppers he needs, Joe needs to double the size of his garden.He plans to extend his garden by adding a uniform strip to each side of the current 6ft by 8ft rectangular plot. how wide does the strip need to be?

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