You plan to build a house that is 1 ½ times as long as it is wide. You want the land around the house to be 20 feet wider than t

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he width of the house, and twice as long as the length of the house, as shown at the right.

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IgorLugansk [536] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-19T15:05:10+03:00

The total area with land based on the information given is 3x² + 60x.

Let the width = x

Let the length = (1.5 × x) = 1.5x

Area = 1.5x × x = 1.5x²

The area along with land:

Width = x + 20

Length = 3 × x = 3x

The total area with land:

= Length × Width

= 3x(x + 20)

= 3x² + 60x.

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