The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 52 in. One leg of the triangle is 8 in. more than twice the length of the other. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
A rectangular deck is 12 ft by 14 ft. When the length and width are increased by the same amount, the area becomes 288 sq. ft. By how much were the dimensions increased?
The square of a number is 12 less than 7 times the number. What is the number?
The profit a company makes from producing x tabletops is modeled by the equation P(x) = 480x – 2x2. For what number of tabletops does the company make a profit of $0?
Use the zero product property to find the solutions to the equation x2 + 12 = 7x.
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