Tim wants to put a deck along two sides of his garden. The deck width will be the same on both sides and the total area of the garden and deck cannot exceed 500 square feet. How wide can the deck be?

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Alan P.
Feb 14, 2018

Since no additional information has been provided after 3 months:
#"width of deck " < sqrt(500) " feet"#

Explanation:

The limiting value: #"width of deck" = sqrt(500)" feet"# could be achieved as a limit, namely as the #"area of the garden"rarr0#

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