The factorized form of the quadratic is 2*(x + 2)*(x + 4), and when x = 3m, the walkway area is 52 square meters.
How to factorize the area equation?
Here we know that the area is given by the expression:
2x^2 + 12x + 16
To factorize this, we need to find the roots of the quadratic equation, these are the solutions of:
2*x^2 + 12x + 16 = 0
The solutions are given by:
x = (-12 ± √(12^2 - 4*2*16))/(2*2)
x = (-12 ± 4)/4
The two solutions are:
x = (-12 + 4)/4 = -2
x = (-12 - 4)/4 = -4
Then the factored form is:
y = 2x^2 + 12x + 16 = 2*(x^2 + 6x + 8) = 2*(x + 2)*(x + 4)
Now we want to get the area if the walkway if x = 3, the total area of the walkway and the garden will be:
y = 2*(3 + 2)*(3 + 4) = 70
And the garden measures x by 2x, then if x = 3, the area of the garden is:
a = x*2x = 3*(2*3) = 18
Then the area of the walkway alone is:
70 - 18 = 52
The area of the walkway is 52 square meters.
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