Hi, I need help with an algebra thing!

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Ken wants to build a table and put a border around it. The tabel and border must have an area of 3,276 square feet. The table is 36 inches wide and 72 inches long without the boarder. Which quadratic equation can be used to determine the thickness of the border, x?

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Hi, I need help with an algebra thing!

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Ken wants to build a table and put a border around it. The tabel and border must have an area of 3,276 square feet. The table is 36 inches wide and 72 inches long without the boarder. Which quadratic equation can be used to determine the thickness of the border, x?

anonymous · Answer

Can anyone help, I need this explained to me!

wolfe8 · Answer

Welcome to OpenStudy. Ok let's start by sketching what info you have. Give it a try.

anonymous · Answer

Okay well we know that the border HAS to have an area or 3276. It is 36 inches wide, and 72 long, but we don't know the thickness, x.

anonymous · Answer

So, I guess we need to solve that x, somehow I just don't know how.

anonymous · Answer

Well then, this site is dumb :/

wolfe8 · Answer

If anyone is coming back, thickness would mean the area between the border and the table.