## anonymous 4 years ago heeeeeeeeelllllllllllpppppppppp! mr. abato is constructing the walkway on the three sides of his garden. how wide should the two remaining sides be if he wants the total area of the walkway to be one-half the area of his garden???? answers a. 1 3/4ft b. 2ft c.2 1/4ft d. 2 1/2ft

1. anonymous

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2. UnkleRhaukus

$A_G=2A_W$

3. anonymous

how wide should what be?

4. anonymous

thats supposed to b the equation right?

5. anonymous

the big "A" and the sub letter wats that supposed 2b 4?

6. UnkleRhaukus

area of the walk way $=A_W$ area of the garden $=A_G$

7. anonymous

ooo

8. anonymous

ok how do u knw in which order to place the #s? in the equation

9. UnkleRhaukus

i not sure i understand that question

10. anonymous

like since u created separate equations....how do u knw which #s to put in them?

11. UnkleRhaukus

i am making this up as i go along

12. anonymous

well.....really? thats nice 2 know (head shake)

13. UnkleRhaukus

ok so i have made a huge mistake, $A_W = (12ft+3ft)×(20ft+2xft) -A_G$

14. anonymous

ok so will this 'made up' equation of urs help me w/ this problemm? jus asking

15. UnkleRhaukus

is that a 3 ft walkway at the top of page?

16. anonymous

sure is

17. anonymous

wait... so is the garden a pentagon?

18. anonymous

nope.rectangle

19. UnkleRhaukus

cool. lets start from the start. Picture , good we are solving a system of 3 equations, two are the equation for the area, an one is the relationship between the two areas. From the diagram we can see that 1. the area of the garden is the area of the rectangle ={width} x {length} $A_G=20ft \times 12ft$$=120ft^2$ 2. the area of the walkway is the area of the rectangle minus the area of the garden $A_W = (2x+20)ft \times (12+3)ft -A_G$$= 2(x+10)ft\times 15ft-120ft^2$ 3. the question states that the area of the walkway is half the area of the garden$A_W=\frac{1}{2}A_G$ \[SSubsitute 1. and 2. into 3. and solve

20. UnkleRhaukus

i dont know why but i keep getting x is negative 4 ,

21. anonymous

where is the (2x+20)ft coming from again?

22. UnkleRhaukus

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