Question 1124450
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Dam has <s>24 and one fourth</s>{{{24&1/4}}} cm of gold&#8203; ribbon.  Does he have enough to decorate the top of the&#8203; box?  The area of the box top  is 296 <s>cm to the power of 3</s>{{{cm^2}}}.
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L length
w width

{{{L+w>=12&1/8}}} and  {{{wL=296}}}


{{{w(12&1/8-w)=296}}}

{{{(12&1/8)w-w^2-296=0}}}

{{{97w-8w^2-2368=0}}}

{{{8w^2-97w+2368=0}}}

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discriminant {{{97^2-4*8*2368=-66367}}}
No real solution for w.
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does he have enough to decorate the top of the&#8203; box?
NO.