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Gustavo is building a fenced-in, rectangular dog run. He wants the length of the run to be 9 feet longer than the width, [tex]w[/tex].

Write a one-variable quadratic inequality for the dog run, where [tex]w[/tex] is the width in feet, if the area needs to be less than 220 ft².

A. [tex]w = 220[/tex] ft
B. [tex]w^2 + 9w < 220[/tex]
C. [tex]w(w + 9) > 220[/tex]

Answer :

Final answer:

To represent the area constraint for Gustavo's dog run, the inequality w^2 + 9w < 220 is used, where w is the width of the rectangular run and the length is 9 feet longer than the width.

Explanation:

The question revolves around finding an algebraic inequality that defines a rectangular area with certain constraints.

Since Gustavo wants the length to be 9 feet longer than the width (w), we define the length as (w + 9) feet.

To find the area of this dog run, we multiply the width by the length, which gives us w(w + 9).

We are told the area needs to be less than 220 square feet, so we set up the inequality w^2 + 9w < 220 to represent this requirement for the maximum area of the dog run.

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