Question 961186
You have made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet. You want to use the remaining 10 square feet of fabric to add a decorative border of uniform width. 

Part a: Write a quadratic equation set equal to zero that you could use to determine the width of the border .
Length of border = 2(4+5) = 18 feet
Let the width be "x":
Equation:
18x = 10 sq ft
x = 5/9 ft (width of the border
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Part b: The width of the border should be ? feet.
x = 5/9 ft (width of the border
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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