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7.4 Exercise 114

Avg difficulty 2.5

Landscaping Sue and Alan are planning to put a 15 foot square swimming pool in their backyard. They will surround the pool with a tiled deck, the same width on all sides. If the width of the deck is w, the total area of the pool and deck is given by the trinomial 4w2+60w+2254 w^{2} + 60 w + 225. Factor the trinomial.

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