​arif's backyard is 22 by 32 meters. he wants to put a flower garden in the middle of the​ backyard, leaving a strip of grass of uniform width around the flower garden. to be​ happy, arif must have 288 m^2 of grass. under these conditions what will the length and width of the garden​ be?



Answer :

ayune

The dimension of the flower garden, which located in the middle of the backyard surrounded by a strip of grass, is 26 m length and 16 m width.

The situation can be depicted on the attached picture.

We need to translate the word problem into algebraic expressions.

Let x be the width of the grass strip.

Let A be the area of the grass strip.

Then,

A = 2 . 22x + 2 . (32 - 2x)x

288 = 2 . 22x + 2 . (32 - 2x)x  (divide by 2)

144 = 22x + x(32 - 2x) (divide by 2)

72 = 11x + x(16 - x)

72 = 27x - x²

x² - 27x + 72 = 0

This is a quadratic equation. One of the methods to solve a quadratic equation is by factorization.

Factorize the left side:

(x - 3) (x - 24) = 0

x = 3  or  x = 24

The length of the flower garden  = 32 - 2x

The width of the flower garden  = 22 - 2x

Substitute x = 3:

The length of the flower garden  = 32 - 2 . 3 = 32 - 6 = 26 m

The width of the flower garden  = 22 - 2 . 3 = 16 m

Note that if we substitute x = 24, it will results in negative values while the dimension is always positive.

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