Homework Help: algebra 2

Posted by Inna on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:25am.

Farmer Brown wants to double the size of his rectangular backyard vegetable patch by adding a strip (of the same width) all the way around it. If its current patch is 12 feet by 18 feet, how wide does the strip need to be?

algebra 2 - neli, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 2:32am
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