<PRE><B>Question 109098</B>
A rectangular rose garden 20m by 30m. a walkway, with a uniform width, all around the garden. budget is $6000 and it will cost $10/m2 to construct the walkway. How wide can the walkway be?
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1st find the area of the walkway that will utilize the $6000 budget:
Area = 6000/10
A = 600 sq/m will be the area of the walkway
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Let x = the width of the walkway:
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Overall area: (30 + 2x) * (20 + 2x) = (600 + 100x + 4x^2);FOILed 
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30 * 20 = 600 sq/m = area of the garden only
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The equation:
Overall area - garden area = walkway area
(4x^2 + 100x + 600) - 600 = 600
4x^2 + 100x - 600 = 0
Simplify, divide equation by 4
x^2 + 25x - 150 = 0
Factors to:
(x+30)(x-5) = 0
x = +5 meters is the solution we want here.
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Check solution:
Overall area - garden area = walkway area
(40*30) - (30*20) =
1200 - 600 = 600</PRE>