Question 793312
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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If you mean each of the 4 sides:
width = x --> Area of (6 + 2x)*(8 + 2x) = 2*48
(x + 3)*(x + 4) = 24
{{{x^2 + 7x - 12 = 0}}}
*[invoke solve_quadratic_equation 1,7,-12]
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width =~ 1.1244 feet