Question

PLEASE HELP I HAVE TO HAVE THIS DONE TOMORROW IT'S MY LAST DAY TO TURN ANYTHING IN AND THIS SHEET IS RISKING MY GRADE

a backyard has a lawn sections and a patio section as shown in the diagram below if the area of the backyard is 48 square yards what is the area of the patio

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Answer 1

12

Explanation:

The total area is 48 and the value of x is 36 (figure 1)

you plug in 36 to the equation (square root x)(8- square root x) {figure 2}

the area of the patio is 12