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9.2 Exercise 143

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  1. ⓐ Elliott decides to construct a square garden that will take up 288 square feet of his yard. Simplify 288\sqrt{288} to determine the length and the width of his garden. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.
  2. ⓑ Suppose Elliott decides to reduce the size of his square garden so that he can create a 5-foot-wide walking path on the north and east sides of the garden. Simplify 288−5\sqrt{288} - 5 to determine the length and width of the new garden. Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 9.2 Simplify Square Roots, exercise 143

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