Mrs. Crane has a square garden. She plans to plant a rectangle of annual flowers in the front and center, and surround it on three sides with perennials.
a) find an expression in standard form for the area that will be covered by annual flowers.
b) find an expression for the area of ground that will be covered by perennials.
c) Given that Mrs. Crane's annual flowers take up 36 sq feet of her garden, find the length of one side of her garden.

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Mrs. Crane has a square garden. She plans to plant a rectangle of annual flowers in the front and center, and surround it on three sides with perennials.
a) find an expression in standard form for the area that will be covered by annual flowers.
b) find an expression for the area of ground that will be covered by perennials.
c) Given that Mrs. Crane's annual flowers take up 36 sq feet of her garden, find the length of one side of her garden.

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